Reporting on Different Parts of the Database

The following exercises are based on the supplied template pipe_mto.tmp. You may wish to look at the corresponding supplied report, pipe_mto.rep, first, using a text editor.

Select Utilities > Standard Reporting > Reports > Modify, and select the template from the list. The Modify Report Template form will be displayed. Note that this is exactly the same as the New Report Template form, except that the name of the template is shown in the title bar of the form, and the setting for the template are shown on the form.

Note:
All the supplied templates output to files, and have runtime prompts set. For the exercises, we suggest that you send the reports to the screen, and switch off the runtime prompts by selecting Options > Runtime Prompts from the menu at the top of the Modify Report Template form.

The parts of the database you want to include in the report are specified by entering the elements at the top of each part of the hierarchy in the Hierarchy text box on the New/Modify Report Template form. The default is the World. If you just want to specify one or two elements, you can just type in the element names. The names must always be preceded by a slash and separated by a space, because you can enter several names, for example:

/100-B-1 /100-B-2

If you want to specify several elements, it is easiest to use the Hierarchy form, which also allows you to report on all the elements in a Volume, selected from the MDB, the Drawlist or the Obstruction list.