Printing Report Data
Use
Depending on the size of a report and the page size specified in the layout parameters, a report can cover several horizontal and vertical pages. You can print either the whole report or just parts of it.
Procedure
You can print Report Writer report groups from the following starting points:
The advantage of this variant is that, if the report group contains several reports, or if it uses the variation, the system takes account of the selected report and the variation settings for printing.
With this variant, you can specify which pages of the report you want to print. You have the choice between all pages, the current page, or you can select the pages you want to print. If you select Print all pages, the Report Writer reads the number of rows per report page from the
If the report group contains more than one report, the system always prints the most up-to-date report.
If variations exist for your chosen report, you can either print the current report or all the variation reports. If you decide to print the variation reports, you can specify whether they are to be printed in separate spool requests or all in one spool request. Make your choice in the dialog box, which only appears if variation reports exists, and choose Continue.
If the print page formatting is not active, you can specify in a dialog box, whether you want to activate print page formatting.
You activate print page formatting via Settings ® Options... in the group box List output.
Headers or column headings are only displayed in regular intervals if print page formatting is activated.
These functions are only available in
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Aim |
Starting point |
Procedure |
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Run and print report group |
The report group selection screen |
Enter the required data and choose Program ® Execute + Print |
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Print in background (immediately) |
The report group selection screen |
Enter the required data and choose Program ® Execute in Background |
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Print in background (at a chosen time) |
The report group selection screen |
Enter the required data and choose Program ® Schedule Job |
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Print current report |
Report display |
On the screen for the report you run, choose Report ® Print... |
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Print extract |
Extract management |
Select the desired extracts and choose Extracts ® Print Selected Extracts |
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Print extract in the background |
Extract management |
Select the desired extracts and choose Extracts ® Print Selected Extracts in Background |
On the selection screen for the output parameters, in the group box Output medium, you can specify that reports are to be attached. Here you specify whether variation reports are to be printed in a single or in separate spool requests.
If the headers and column headings disappear when you scroll, it is possible to "freeze" them. For more information, see
Freezing Page Headers.