Defining Report Headers

  1. In the Report Writer , you choose the Header button from one of the Create Report screens.

  2. The Create Report: Header screen appears.

  3. Enter the following information:

  • A short description of the report

  • If you want user authorization to be required for creating, displaying, changing, and deleting this report, enter an authorization group. If you do not want to require user authorization, leave this field blank.

  • The standard layout that you want to assign to your report

  • The language in which you want to maintain the report, and the original language. The default language is the logon language.

Note Note

You can specify your characteristics to be unique or non-unique (multiple usage allowed) as required.

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  1. To enter default parameters for exporting the report to an application or presentation server when executing the report’s report group, choose Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Export parameters End of the navigation path .

  2. A dialog box appears in which you enter export data as required. The default values you enter appear when you call up the Start of the navigation path Report Next navigation step Export Next navigation step function in the report output. You can change these default parameters as required. End of the navigation path

    For more information about the data you enter in the export dialog box, see Exporting a Report to an External File .

  3. This screen includes the following additional processing functions.

Additional Processing Functions ( Create Report: Header Screen) Screen)

Function

Choose

Check report for errors before you execute it

Start of the navigation path Report Next navigation step Check End of the navigation path

Define report layout, or reset layout parameters to default values of standard layout

Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Report layout End of the navigation path

Display list of characteristics used in the report

Start of the navigation path Extra Next navigation step s Next navigation step List of characteristics End of the navigation path

Switch to a new report language (for example, to enter language-specific text)

Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Maintenance language... End of the navigation path

Assign new standard layout to the report

Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Other std layout... End of the navigation path

Define default export parameters for exporting the report

Start of the navigation path Extras Next navigation step Export parameters... End of the navigation path