Field Descriptions

Table Information

FAQs

System Printers

What can I do in these screens?

Set up these screens during initialization to make one, some, or all of the Actuate printers available for printing reports in Costpoint web. These screens contain a primary table window and two subtasks,which function as follows:

When should I use these screens?

Set up these screens before you use the printing features in Costpoint web.

You must first set up users and/or user groups in either the Users screen (Administration\Maintain\Users) or the User Groups screen (Administration\Maintain\Users).

Note:  The functionality in this screen is similar to the Report Fonts application (Administration\Maintain\Reports\Report Fonts) in that you must first install the fonts to the Actuate server before you can make those fonts available in Costpoint web.

FAQs

What is the source of the Lookup data in the Printer ID field?

The initial printer data is added to the Actuate report server outside of Costpoint web by following the Actuate Server Administration instructions.

Once the printer data resides within the Actuate server, you will add the desired printers in this screen to make them available for Costpoint web reporting.

Field Descriptions

The initial printer data is added to the Actuate report server outside of Costpoint web by following the Actuate Server Administration instructions.

Once the printer data resides within the Actuate server, you will add the desired printers in this screen to make them available for Costpoint web reporting.

System Printers

Use the fields in this table window to establish a "catalog" of printers installed in the Actuate report server that will be available for selection when printing reports from Costpoint web.

Printer ID *

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a printer ID for use in Costpoint.

The printer data available for selection must already have been installed to the Actuate report server.  The Lookup displays other printer attributes from the Actuate server, as follows:

Printer Name

Enter an optional description for the selected printer.

 * A red asterisk denotes a required field.

Table Information

Changes to this screen update the following tables:

W_PRINTER_LIST (Printer List)

W_PRN_USER_LINKS (Printer User Links)

W_PRN_RPTCT_LINKS (Printer Report Category Links)

 

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