Print and Export Reports
- Last UpdatedNov 19, 2025
- 3 minute read
To print and export a report, click Run Report on the AVEVA Toolbar. The Run Report window is then displayed:
Note: In order to export multi-byte characters from a report into various formats (like PDF, PNG, RTF, ), it is advisable to use the Arial Unicode MS font that supports multi-byte character sets.
The toolbar provides the same facilities as that of the Preview Tab (see Preview Reports), plus the following:
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Used to print the current report. Opens a standard Windows Print Options window. |
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Quick Print |
Used to print the report using the default printer settings. |
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Page Setup |
Used to configure the report page. Opens a standard Windows Page Setup window. |
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Export and Save Report |
Used to export the report as a file. Displays the following menu, from which the file format is selected:
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Once the file format is selected a window is displayed from which export options relevant to the selected file type can be selected, for example:
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Click Ok. A standard Save As window is then displayed which is used to specify the location that the file is to be saved to. Click Save to complete the save. |
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Export and E-mail Report |
Used to save the report as a file and send the file via e-mail. Displays the following menu, from which the file format is selected:
When saving certain data types to Excel from a report, the value comes out as #Value. This occurs when the data type is not recognized as a particular value type by Excel. The work around is to output it as text. When saving the report to XLSX from the XLSX Export Options window, set Text export mode to Text. The values will now be converted to text and displayed correctly. |
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Once the file format is selected a window is displayed from which options relevant to the selected file type can be selected, for example:
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Click Ok. A standard Save As window is then displayed which is used to specify the location that the file is to be saved to. Click Save to complete the save. |
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Publish to AVEVA AIM |
Used to export report data to AVEVA AIM. Refer to the appropriate module documentation for further information. |
Notes: Background colors are not included when a report is exported to RTF or MHT format.
Watermarks are not included when a report is exported to HTML format.
Separate options will be displayed for the following formats:
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PDF-Specific Export Options
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HTML-Specific Export Options
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MHT-Specific Export Options
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RTF-Specific Export Options
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XLS-Specific Export Options
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CSV-Specific Export Options
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TXT-Specific Export Options
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Image-Specific Export Options