You use this program to print reports created using the Browse on Reports, Create Report and Report Wizard programs.
Against a report, you can enable the option: Automatically run another report after this one (Create Report), which enables you to run a string of reports without manual intervention (see Subsequent Processing). However, if one of the reports is set to output to XML, then the browser is invoked. Once the browser is invoked, the option to automatically run another report is ignored. (i.e. if a report's output is set to XML then selecting the option: Automatically run another report after this one in that report has no effect as the subsequent report will not be run).
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Report |
Enter the code of the report you want to print. You can use the Browse function to view all the reports available for printing. |
| OK | Select this to print the selected report. |
| Close | Select this to exit the program without printing a report. |
Once a valid report code is entered and validated, any run-time prompts defined against the selected report are displayed as report options.
Report narrations defined against the report are displayed.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Once you have entered the information against the runtime prompts displayed, you select this function to generate the report. | |
| Close | Select this to return to the previous screen without generating the report. |
The report writer does not cater for presentation lengths on key fields (Set Key Information), as the length shown on the report is defined in the report itself.
The maximum size of a numeric field is 15 digits before the decimal and a maximum of 6 digits after the decimal (15.6). This number can be positive or negative.