Print a Recipe

You can print an existing Recipe details report along with the Procedure or the Procedure with parameters details to a PDF document using the Print to PDF option available on the Recipe Details page. This option enables you to store the configured Recipe electronically for future reference.

The generated report stores the Procedure along with the various configuration details of each element it contains.

To print an existing Recipe

1. Open the Recipe Summary page.

2. Click the Recipe that you want to print. The Recipe Details page appears.

3. Click Print to PDF. The Print to PDF dialog box appears.

   

4. In the Content drop-down list, click to select Procedure or Procedure with details to print the type of report. The default content type is Procedure.

5. In the Page Size drop-down list, click to select the page size.

   NOTE: The default page size is Letter. You can select any of the following page size to print the report: A3, A4, Legal, and Letter. You can also modify the default page size to any of the above-mentioned options using the System Configuration page.

6. In the Layout drop-down list, click to select the page layout. The default layout is Portrait.

7. Click OK. The Recipe is printed and saved as a PDF document in the selected page size.

Recipe Details Report

The Recipe Details report stores the following information in the .PDF format and is divided into the following:

• Header information page

• Detailed information page with Procedure or Procedure with parameter details

Recipe Report - Header Information and Description

The header page of the Recipe details report stores the following information as shown in the below screenshot:

• Recipe Name and Description: Displays the name and description of the Recipe for which the report is printed in the header region.

• Version: Displays the version number of the printed Recipe.

• Last Checked-in: Displays the last checked-in date and time of the Recipe. Note that the date and time in the reports is printed as per the current regional settings of the computer.

• Author: Displays the name of the author/user who created the Recipe.

• Use: Displays whether the printed Recipe is in use or not.

• Recipe Template: Displays the name of the Recipe Template based on which the printed Recipe is created.

• Formula: Displays the name of the Formula which is used in the printed Recipe.

• Upgradable: Displays whether the Recipe requires any upgrade or not.

• State: Displays the state of the Recipe.

• Keywords: Displays the various Keywords assigned to the Recipe.

Recipe Report - Detailed Information and Description

The detailed page of the report for a Recipe stores the procedure which is then followed by the procedure details in the table as shown in the below screenshot:

Important Points to Remember

• The header or the title page has no page number. Actual page numbering in the report starts from the reports detailed page.

• If the Recipe is complex and the procedure overflows a page in such a way that it exceeds printing in more than one page, then the Procedure flow is displayed using the page breakers and connectors. For example, if a procedure branch is continued to page 2, the point at which the Procedure branch is ending on page 1 is denoted by a page breaker and the procedure branch where it continues is denoted by a page connector on page 2. The 'To' page breaker symbol displays the destination page number where the procedure flow continued. The 'From' page breaker symbol displays the source page number on which the procedure flow exceeded the page limit.

• When the branches are nested such as Execute one inside Execute All, Loop inside loop, Loop inside branch, Branch inside loop, then the flow breaker is displayed at the end of the page for each of the open end and it is continued in the horizontal (X) position from the next new page.

• When the branch legs overflow horizontally, it is continued using the horizontal flow breaker. At the end of the branch, all the legs of the branch that were horizontally split are connected across pages using the horizontal flow breaker.

• The flow breaker symbol includes To Pg #’ in the page breaker at the page where the flow is cut and From Pg #’ in the page breaker at the page where the flow is continued.

• Hyperlinks are added in each capability and Transition. These hyperlinks allow you to navigate to the respective details page listed in table when you click a Capability or Transition in the procedure.

• Bookmarks are added on the left pane of the PDF for hyperlinking to the Procedure Capability/Transition. The bookmarks are available for header and procedure when you export a Recipe to PDF. All bookmarks are sorted by alias. If you open a saved report in Google Chrome browser, the bookmarks are available on the right pane.

• Capability Parameters for various Capabilities are displayed in the table format as per the Parameter Groups defined in the system.

• If the value for an item exceeds 1024 characters, the value is shown properly only in A3 page size. In other page sizes, such as A4, Letter, and Legal, value is shown with an ellipsis.