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Creating Reports
Reports let you configure the report format and basic formatting. Application users can then run reports.
To create reports:
1. Go to Edit > Reports > Reports.
2. Enter or select information, as needed.
 
Column
Description
Name
Enter a name for the report. The system lets you know if the name is not valid.
Padding
Select padding to use when replacing a tag name with its value (field starts with space for the same number of characters as the tag name):
•Compact—Removes any extra characters and displays only they tag value.
•PadRight—Puts extra space for each character to the right of the tag value.
•PadLeft—Puts extra space for each character to the left of the tag value.
SaveFormat
Select the report format:
•XPS
•HTML
•Unicode
•ASCII
•PDF
SaveFileName
Enter a string, along with {ObjectProperties}. Use the full path.
SaveTrigger
Enter with an object property to be the trigger.
Append
 
Size
Report size configuration.
Header
Choose another report to be the Header.
Footer
Choose another report to be the Footer.
Description
Enter a description of this report.
[Other columns]
For definitions of other columns that are available in many tables, see Common Column Definitions.
*Note: To change the report format between “portrait” and “landscape”, you need to change it in both NovaPDF (printer used by FactoryStudio) and the target printer.