Defining the Data for a Custom Report
CentreVu CMS Custom Reports
Defining Report Fields
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Changing
Report Input
Fields
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Defining Report Fields
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A report consists of fields of data. Defining those fields is the central task of
creating a custom report.
To define a field, you must specify the following items:
●
The specific data that goes in the field.
●
The position of the field
●
The length of the field
●
The format of the field’s data
You do all of these tasks in a predefined sequence described in the following
pages.
1. On the Screen Painter, select the
Define input
action list option.
→
The Define Input window
appears.
2. Enter the desired name in the
Variable name
field, and select
Find one
.
→
The defined characteristics of
the variable name appear.
Before entering any variable names, you may first want to do a
List
all
to see what report input fields you have already defined. If you
copied an existing report design, report input fields defined for that
report are also copied and available in the Define Input window.
Note
You cannot do a
List all
or a
Find one
search on
multiple fields in the Define Input window. For a
Find one
search, you can only have an entry in the
Variable name
field. The other fields are ignored. For a
List all
search, all
fields are ignored.
3. Change data in any field(s)
except
Variable name
, and
select the
Modify
action list
option.
→
Successful
appears in the
window’s status line to indicate
that the input field definition
has been changed.
Note
If you wish to change a variable name, you must delete the variable
and then add a new one.
Summary of Contents for CentreVu
Page 16: ...Preface CentreVu CMS R3V5 Custom Reports Related Documents P 10 ...
Page 44: ...Getting Started CentreVu CMS Custom Reports Deleting a Custom Report 2 10 ...
Page 140: ...Completing Your Custom Report CentreVu CMS Custom Reports Running Custom Reports 5 22 ...
Page 178: ...Database Items and Calculations CentreVu CMS Custom Reports General Information A 2 ...
Page 188: ...Glossary CentreVu CMS Custom Reports GL 10 ...
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