Workbench User Guide : Creating Reports in OpenROAD : Report Design Techniques : How You Can Format a Report Document
 
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How You Can Format a Report Document
Formatting a report means specifying document properties, including the presentation type, page size, and page orientation. These properties are specified in the Reporter Document Properties window.
After the Reporter window is displayed, you can open and edit any existing report stored in the repository, import a report, or create a new report document.
Open a Report
You can open a report from the Reporter Documents dialog.
To open an existing report
1. Click File, Open Report Catalog.
The Reporter Documents dialog appears.
2. From the list of existing reports, select the one you want to view or edit.
3. Click Edit (or View Only) to open the file.
Import a Report
You can import a report from the Load from file dialog.
To import an existing report
1. Click File, Import from File.
The Load from file dialog appears.
2. Browse to find the desired file (.rep), select it, and click Open to open the file.
Create a New Report
The three types of reports you can create using Reporter are:
• Create a Form Report)
• Create a Page Layout Template)
• Create Tabular Reports)
For more information, see the sections on creating each of these report types.
To create a new report document
Click File, New.
The Reporter Document Properties dialog appears. For more information, see Set Report Document Properties.
This dialog lets you set various document properties, including generation and page configuration options, and access the Query Editor. For more information, see Define a Query.