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