Generating a report group
When you choose the Report
group command from the Reports menu, the following window
appears:
To Generate a report group:
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Click in the list of report groups to select
the group you want to generate.
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Choose one of the output options. You can
save the reports to a file in HTML format, save the reports to a
file in plain-text format, or send the reports directly to a
printer.
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If you chose to save the reports to a file,
specify the name of the folder where you would like to write the
files. You can either type the full path of that folder or click on
the ellipsis (...) button to choose a folder.
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If you're saving to a file in HTML format,
you can choose the extension (typically .htm or .html) to use for
all the reports.
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When you are happy with your choices, click the Generate
button.
Choosing the scope
After you click on the Generate button, DMB displays a scope
dialog.
There are two main
uses for report groups. A group can consist of a mixed
bag of different reports or a collection of reports that have
similar scope.
If the selected report group contains many different types of
reports, you should choose NOT to override the scope information
that is contained in those reports. This enables you to
generate, in a single command, a diverse set of reports.
If the selected report group contains memorized reports that
have similar scope -- that is, a group of league-oriented reports
or a group of team-oriented reports -- you can override the scope
information that is stored in those memorized reports. This
way, you can generate a group of team reports for team A and then
do it again for team B, without having to change the memorized
reports that make up the group.
Viewing reports that are saved to a file
If you choose to save the reports to one or more files, you can
browse those files using Windows Explorer or My Computer.
The formatting of HTML files is
determined by a cascading style sheet that comes with DMB and which
is automatically copied into the folder into which your files are
saved. If you are comfortable with HTML coding, you can modify this
style sheet to use your own fonts and colors.
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