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Telephone: +44 (0)1628 851313
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To create a monthly report you will need to
organise your display files so that they are easily
updated each month. Mintec DG8 will update the
series on a graph in different ways - which we
can specify on the File tab. Select Info.
In the Properties section you can choose that
your graphs are:
1 Not updated (Fixed range)
2
3
Updated upon loading, keeping the start date the
same as when it was last saved. In this case more
data is added to the series (Fixed start)
Updated upon loading, but showing a rolling window
of data. New data is added and old data is removed
(Moving)
Either option 2 or 3 will be required to make updated
monthly reports.
To update your monthly
report:
1
2
Select all the .mdisp files in the
report and drop them onto your Mintec
DG8 icon. Mintec DG8 will start up (you may need
to log in) and all the .mdisp files will be opened on
separate tabs
Export all the displays which now have the latest
data, by selecting Export – All Displays
The process to follow in order to create a
monthly report is a:
1
Create the graphs that you need to include within
your monthly report
2 Save the .mdisp display files into a single folder
3
Export the images in a .png format to a single folder
that does not change location
3
Overwrite the original .png files. The pictures are
linked into the monthly report so that when they
are overwritten the new picture will appear in the
monthly report
4
Create your monthly report in the application you
require (e.g. Word or PowerPoint) and insert and
link the pictures from the .png folder
4
Save the report as your master report and also as
this month’s report. Break the links on this month’s
report so that it will never change
5
Next month your master report will update again,
save that as next month’s report and break
the links
6 Repeat this process every month going forward
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