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4. Problem Solving
Listed below are some common issues you may encounter while working with Reports.
When I preview a report it is blank.
Be sure that you have matched the type of System you have selected (MIL, Telcordia, Fault Tree, etc.) to the type
of report that you have selected. If you have a MIL System selected, yet select a FMECA report, the resulting
report will be blank.
Some of the columns in my report are blank.
There are many opportunities to enter data into ToolKit. If you leave blanks such things as Descriptions, Names,
Part Numbers, etc. when you run a report, these columns will appear blank.
Column widths and data wrapping within the column makes the report look messy. What can I do?
Using the Fields tab on the Customize tab, you can adjust how the width for each column is determined. You can
choose to either follow the column heading width, the width of the data (which changes), or fix the width in
TWIPs. Depending on the nature of the columns and your data, you may have to adjust each column differently.
I make a change to a template, but it does not seem to “stick”.
After you make a change to a template, be sure you Save the template. Additionally, be sure you have the correct
template selected for preview.
When I choose columns for a template, some come up blank, but others have data in them on the report. I know
those blank columns have data in them.
Certain combinations of columns will result in this effect. For example, if you want to see System level
information, and Component level information all in the same row of the report, some combinations of this cannot
track with each other.
The columns are cut off on the right side.
Depending on your data and columns selected, you may reach the physical limits of the paper. In this case you
will have to either remove columns, use larger paper, or adjust the column widths. Often times it is better to
remove columns that to try to fit everything on to one page.
One column seems to take up all the room on the page.
This is common with Description fields. The only real solution is to force the column into a specific width and let
the data wrap as needed.
I don’t understand where some of the values in the columns came from?
Some column values are ones you have entered, while others are calculated by ToolKit for you. Find these values
in the Results window within ToolKit.