Quick report generator

One of the most important tasks in data management is the generation of reports. While most of the reports that you are likely to need have been built into Enterprise 6 in the Reports menus, the custom report generator lets you design and print your own reports if required.

Using the custom report generator you ca

1. produce lists of records
2. create break areas
3. use fonts and styles in the report

If you are currently viewing a selection of records on screen using one of the ‘View’ functions, then the report generator produces reports either from the current selection of records or from the highlighted selection of the listing. It is called up using the [Report] button on the palette.

When you create a custom report, you can specify:

• columns that display fields or formulae from the current file
• a sort order 
• break levels
  
• summary calculations
  
• text for labels
  
• formats for numeric data
• font, font size, style and justification for labels, summary calculations and data
• page headers and footers
  

A custom report can be printed:

• on the standard printer selected in the Chooser
• on a serial printer
• to disk
• to a graph

These options are discussed in the section ‘Selecting an Output Device’.