Section 2, Task 3: Customize Report Definitions
Action 1: Display one of the report definitions that you used in Section 1

In Section 1, Task 3: Create a Test PDB and Process, Reduce, and Report on Your Data you used the batch form of your report definition. Now create the interactive form of the same definition.

From the main window, follow this path:

Reporting -> Manage Report Definitions -> File -> New Report Definition

Now make the selections that are indicated by the batch form of your report definition.

For instance, the sample report definition for fax data in the batch version becomes the following sequence of selections:

For Select
   
first parameter table(s) and
,REDLVL=DETAIL
Select Table's right arrow -> Levels Detail -> level.table DETAIL. UFAXES -> OK
second parameter (Yvariable(s)) Select Variable's right arrow -> Variable Types Analysis -> PAGES -> Add
third parameter (Y label(s)) Attributes -> PAGES -> type Variable Label Pages sent/rec -> OK
,STAT=MEAN Variable Types Statistics -> MEAN -> Add
,BY=MACHINE Variable Types By -> MACHINE -> Add
,XVAR=DATETIME Variable Types X Variable -> DATETIME -> Add
,XLAB=Date Attributes -> DATETIME -> type Variable Label Date -> OK -> OK
,PERIOD=24HOUR Summary Time Period's right arrow -> 24 Hour -> OK
%CPPLOT1 (see notes below) and ,TYPE=STACK click on image under Current Report Style->Report Style Plots -> Report Sub-Style Stack -> OK

Check that this report definition works by selecting:

Run

To return to the report definition, select:

File -> End

Note: To convert the macro name to the item on the Report Style list, use this table:

Macro Name Item on Pull-down Menu
%CPPLOT1 Plots
%CPPLOT2 Plots
%CPCHART Charts
%CPCHRT Charts
%CPG3D 3D Graphs
%CPSPEC Spectrum