Exporting Reports

Reports can be exported from the main Reporting area only, not from the Data Area reporting. Data areas can be exported directly to export formats without using the report engine. See the Export section of this documentation for more information.

Reports can be exported to Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) which is the preferred export method of capturing report output. Other export options include exporting to Rich Text Format (readable in Microsoft Word and other word processors), Microsoft Excel, Text File, and Web Page (HTML).

The best method of capturing a report for future use is to use the Report Definition File (RDF). Clicking the SAVE icon on the reports toolbar (where available) will save the raw report allowing it to be viewed in the report viewer. The data will not be re-queried and some formatting options will not be available; however, this method saves the raw format of the report for accurate previewing at a later time, within AVCataloger only.