Basing a New Report on Report Objects Imported from One or More Existing Reports

If there is an existing saved report that closely matches the report that you want to create, then you can open the report that contains report objects that you want to reuse. The report objects can be from either a report that has been saved in the designer interface or from a report that has been exported from the explorer interface. You can save the report under a new name or you can edit the report to make some customizations and then save it.

To base a new report on report objects imported from one or more existing reports:

Open or import the existing report by doing one of the following:
- On the SAS Visual Analytics home page, double-click the report that you want to open.
- In the designer interface:
  
  Select File Recent and then select the report name.
  
  Click beside the recent content drop-down list, and then select a report name.
  
  Select FileOpen to display the Open dialog box.
  
  Click to navigate to a report and then select it.
  
  Click Imports in the left panel. Select a report name or click Import another report to display the Open dialog box, where you can select a report. In the tree view on the left, a list of sections and report objects appears. Drag the single report object, multiple report objects, or entire section that you want to include in the new report and drop it onto the canvas.
  
  The Imports Tab
(Optional) Modify the report objects, properties, and styles. If you have a gauge (or gauges) in your report, then you can also update the display rules.
Select File Save As and complete the Save As dialog box, giving the report a new name.