User's Manual - Drake Software

Report Manager
Drake Software User’s Manual
As shown in Figure 12-1, the Report Manager uses a standard tree format. Click [+] to
expand a category list; click [–] to collapse the list and hide the reports in the category.
Figure 12-1: Tree view of Report Manager
Only those reports in My Reports can be deleted. To delete a report, select it and click
Delete Report (or choose Delete Report from the right-click menu).
NOTE
Drake 2012 Help includes descriptions of all standard reports in the
Report Manager. Click the link at the top of the Report Manager window
to see the complete list. (You can also click Help on the Report
Manager window, or, from the Drake Home window toolbar, click Help
and search for “Report Descriptions.”)
Sample Report Window
Before generating a report, you can preview the report title and column headers to see
how the report will fit on the printed page. The report preview is displayed in the
Sample Report window at the bottom of the Report Manager. (See Figure 12-1.) Also
included is a brief description (if available) of the selected report.
To preview a report in the Report Manager, click the title of the report to preview. As
shown in Figure 12-1, the report title and column headings are displayed. The display
reflects changes as report details are updated.
The Sample Report box also indicates a report layout of Portrait, Landscape, or
Potentially too wide. A layout of Potentially too wide means that some data could be
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