Management Reports Designer - Preview Tab

Use the Preview tab to view an individual report or a group of reports.  In addition, you can print the reports and there are options to save the information as a Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word or text file.  

Directions:

To display the Management Reports Designer - Preview Tab area, click Management Reports drop-down list and then, click to select the name of the desired report.  Click Preview .

 

Preview Tab of Management Reports Designer Window Example:

 

Preview Tab Prompts

 

Period

To select a period to report, click a choice in the drop-down list and the report displays.

Level

To limit the amount of information to display for the report, enter the level to start printing information.

Max Additional Lines

Enter the number of additional lines to include after a subtotal, if desired.

Print Bands

To print color bands across the page (similar to green bar paper), click to check Print Bands box.
To omit printing colored bands, leave this box blank.

Tip:  Print bands may make it easier to read the report.

To run a group of reports together, click Use Report Code.  For directions, see Report Code step below.

To generate the report in Print View, click Print.

To re-display the report with the most current information, click Refresh.

Report Code Step

 

After selecting report code, the following window displays:

Report Code

Enter the report code assigned to the group.  The reports for the group display.

To change the order that the reports are listed in the group and will display, click:  

  • Make First

  • Move Up

  • Move Down

  • Make Last

To hide a specific report from the group, click to highlight the report name and click Hide/Show.

To re-display a specific report, click to highlight the report name and then click Hide/Show.

To close the report code window and return to the preview window, click Close.

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