By default, an appendix is included in the PDF if the report,
report section, or report object has descriptions, filters, warnings, errors, or display rule legends.
To create a PDF that
can be printed for a report:
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Select
File Print to PDF, or click
. The
Print window is displayed.
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Select the
Paper
size,
Orientation, and
Margins.
Your selections are saved for that report.
If you select
Custom for
the paper size, you can specify the
Height,
and
Width of the page. For custom paper sizes, you cannot change the page
orientation.
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(Optional) Select the
Options for
your report.
Here are some details
about the printing options:
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If you select
Include
a cover page check box, then the cover page provides the name of the report (or the label if the report
has not been saved), the date of the print request, the user name, and the number
of pages. Click
Add a description to enter additional
text for the cover page in the
Cover Page Description
Text window.
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If you clear the selection for
the
Include a cover page check box, any additional text that you added for the cover page is
discarded.
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The
Show empty rows
and columns in tables option is for both list tables and
crosstabs.
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The
Show appendix information option is selected by default if the report, report section, or report object has
parameters, descriptions, filters, warnings, errors, or display rule legends.
When the Show
appendix information option is specified, and the report, report section, or report object has parameters,
descriptions, filters, warnings, errors, or display rule legends, then an appendix
is created. Each report object that is selected to be included in the PDF is automatically
assigned a value so that you can reference that report object in the appendix. For
example, suppose that you select two report objects in the Select the items to be printed list.
The first report object is assigned the value A1.1 and
the second report object is assigned the value A1.2.
Suppose that the first report object has a description and the second
report object has a filter that has been applied. The first report
object’s description is displayed in the appendix under the A1.1 heading.
The second report object’s filter is displayed in the appendix
under the A1.2 heading.
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Make your selections
in the
Select the items to be printed list. You can select the report, the
report sections, or the report objects.
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Click
Print. The PDF is displayed in a
browser.
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(Optional) If you want
to save any changes that you made in the
Print window,
then save the report.
Tip
The print options that you
save with the report are used when you distribute the report to other
users. Saved print options can impact the appearance of the report.
To print a report section, click
on the
Section tab, and
then select
Print <section-name>
to PDF.
To print a report object,
right-click on the report object in the canvas, and then select
Print
<report-object-name>
to PDF. A stored process does not have the same
pop-up menu selection.
The following table
lists the icons that can appear in the appendix:
Icon
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Description
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Indicates that a report
object contains a filter.
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Indicates that a report
object contains a warning.
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