Report Options Overview
Most Diamond Mind reports can be tailored using options that
vary from report type to report type. This section describes these
options, which are always displayed on the Options page of the window that displays when you
generate a report. The Time period page
and the Sections page are essentially the
same for all reports, and are described in Standard Reports.
Scope
A common theme in these options is the selection of a
scope for the report. The scope defines
the league, team, or other group of items that should be
displayed.
For example, the standings report can include all teams in a
league or all teams in an organization. The batting register report
can include all players in the database, all players in a league,
or all free agents. A transaction report can include all players in
the database, all players in a league, or all players on a
roster.
There are two parts to defining a scope -- the type of scope you
Select from and the specific selection you make within that scope. For example,
with the team batting report you could select from all teams in the
league and then make a selection of one of those teams.
Sort sequence
Another common option is the default sort sequence that controls
how the report is sorted when it is first displayed on the screen
and when it is printed or saved to a file. You can, of course,
double-click on any column heading to change the sort sequence for
a displayed report.
Include all teams in the output
Finally, some of the team reports have an option to include all
teams. This doesn't affect how reports are displayed on the screen,
since displayed reports always show one team at a time and give you
the ability to cycle through the other teams in the scope using the
arrow buttons and the pulldown list on the report window.
This option is handy for reports that
are printed or saved to a file. If you elect to include all teams,
the printed or saved output includes every team in the scope you
selected. If not, only the selected team is included.
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