Reporting Tab of My Preferences Dialog Box

Use the Reporting tab to specify your preferences for how reports display and print.

Contents

Field Description
Default Font Select the default font for reports.
Unit of Measure From the drop-down list, select Inches or Millimeters as the unit of measure to use for measurement fields. You can also modify the unit of measure in Reporting.
Reporting Quick Search Specify the type of search filter that you want to use when you conduct a search in the Reporting application. You can specify saved searches, which have specific result sets, or individual records:
  • Saved Search: Select this setting to have the Reporting application display the Saved Search filter. When you are working in Reporting and enter data for this filter, only the saved searches that match the filter are displayed.
  • Records: Select this setting to have the Reporting application display the Record filter. When you are working in Reporting and enter data for this filter, only the individual records that match the filter are displayed.

In either case, when you are in the Reporting application, you can use the Search link at the bottom of the drop-down list to select a saved search or individual records.

After you save your preferences, the search option becomes a filter on both the Favorites tab and Reports tab in Reporting.

Margins

Field Description
Top Enter the margin for the top of the page. Use the unit of measure (inches or millimeters) that you specified in the Unit of Measure field. If your unit of measure is inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example, 0.75 or 1.20).
Bottom Enter the margin for the bottom of the page. Use the unit of measure (inches or millimeters) that you specified in the Unit of Measure field. If your unit of measure is inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example, 0.75 or 1.20).
Left Enter the margin for the left of the page. Use the unit of measure (inches or millimeters) that you specified in the Unit of Measure field. If your unit of measure is inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example, 0.75 or 1.20).
Right Enter the margin for the right of the page. Use the unit of measure (inches or millimeters) that you specified in the Unit of Measure field. If your unit of measure is inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example, 0.75 or 1.20).

Page

Field Description
Size Specify the page size for reports. The corresponding Width and Height fields display the width and height of the page size that you select in this field. The measurements display in either inches or millimeters, based on which one you specified in the Unit of Measure field.

If you select Custom, enter the width and height that you want in the corresponding dimension fields.

Dimensions (Width and Height) These fields display the width and height of the page size that you select in the Size field. The measurements display in either inches or millimeters, based on your selection in the Unit of Measure field.

If you set the Size option to Custom, use these fields to enter the width and height that you want.