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 the report objects that you want to reuse. The report objects can be from either a report that has been saved in SAS Visual Analytics Designer or from a report that has been exported from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer. (For example, you might want to reuse calculated data items or hierarchies from a previous report in your current report.) You can save the report under a new name, or you can edit the report to make some customizations and then save it.
Note: You cannot import box plots, heat maps, histograms, or correlation matrices from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer.
To base a new report on report objects imported from one or more existing reports:
  1. 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 SAS Visual Analytics Designer:
      1. Select File then select Recent and then select the report name.
      2. Click menu down arrow beside the recent content drop-down list, and then select a report name.
      3. Select Filethen selectOpen to display the Open window.
      4. Click open icon to navigate to a report and then select it.
      5. Click Imports in the left pane. Select a report name or click Import another report to display the Open window, where you can select a report.
        Imports Tab with a Report List
        Imports Tab with a Report List
        In the tree view on the left, a list of sections and report objects appears. Drag a single report object, multiple report objects, or entire section that you want to include in the new report and drop it onto the canvas.
        Imports Tab with a List of Report Objects
        Imports Tab with a List of Report Objects
        Note: Report objects that cannot be imported from SAS Visual Analytics Explorer are not displayed on the Imports tab.
  2. (Optional) Modify the report objects, properties, styles, roles, filters, and display rules.
  3. Select File then select Save or click Save icon, which displays the Save As window. Enter a Name. Report names cannot use these characters: / \
  4. Click Save.
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