Preview Form

Click Preview on the Reporting toolbar to display the Preview Form where you can do the following:

Report Preview Form Toolbar

 Tool

Tool Name

Description

Show or Hide Document Map

Click this icon to show or hide Document Map. Use the document map to locate and jump to a specific section of the report.

The document map is not available when displaying the report in print layout mode.

Show or Hide Parameter Area

Click this icon to display the parameter area at the top of the Preview window. In the parameter area, you can change selected report parameters and click Refresh to generate the report again without returning to the Options dialog box.

This option is not available for some  reports.

First Page

Click this icon to display the first page of the report.

Previous Page

Click this icon to display the previous page of the report.

Current Page

This displays the current page number of the report and the total number pages of the report.

Enter the page number that you want to preview then click Enter to go to the specified page of the report.

Next Page

Click this icon to display the next page of the report

Last Page

Click this icon to display the last page of the report

Stop

Click this icon to stop the report generating process.

Refresh

Click this icon to regenerate the report with the current data in the database.

Print

Click this icon to display the Print dialog box where user can select a printer and set other printing options.

Print Layout

Click this icon to display the report as it would look if you printed it.

Page Setup

Click this icon to display the Page Setup dialog box.

Email Report

Click this icon to send the report as an email attachment or to send a link to the report in an email message. Use the Email Report dialog box to specify the recipients, subject, message text, and file format.

Download Report

Click this icon to display the Download dialog box where you can save the report to a file, select the file format and indicate if you want to include all report pages or only a range of pages.

Show or Hide Advanced Search

Click this icon to search the report displayed in the Preview window based on the fields and search values user specified.

Help

Click this icon to display a help topic that describes how to use the Preview window.

Zoom

Use this drop-down menu to zoom in (enlarge the report data) or zoom out (shrink the report data).

Find Text

Enter the text you want to search in this text box.

Find

Click this icon to start the search.

Find Next

Click this icon to find the next occurrence.

Get Report Information

Click this icon to launch the Report Information dialog box where you can view the report version number and other relevant information about the report.

This feature is only available for users in the SYSADMIN group.

For more information, see Reporting Toolbar.


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