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Creating a report definition

Selecting the report format and logo

About selecting the report format  Top

Reports can be defined to display in either XTML or .TXT format. You need to make that selection in this step. Additionally, you can add a company logo or any other graphic file to the top of an XHTML formatted report in this step.

Note
To use a particular image in reports, save the image file in this logo sub-folder on the machine where the ContentReporter server is installed.You can access this directory if you have administrative privileges and have access to the server.

Select the report format  Top

To select the report format and logo, use the following steps.

Step

Action

1

In the Report Definition Properties window, select the Style tab.

2

Select the Output format.

3

If the format is...

Then...

XHTML

TEXT

Note
If you select text-only reports, only table queries will display in the report. TEXT creates .csv and .txt files.

Proceed to Step 4.

The Delimiter drop-down box activates. Query values in reports with the Text output format are separated by either commas, spaces, or tabs. You can accept the default (commas), or change the Delimiter to spaces or tabs.

4

Select the logo file you want to include on your report header. Click on the drop-down box. This drop-down list displays all the image files available for your report header.

The logo or graphic file must reside in the logo directory on the ContentReporter Server. Path to this directory typically would be:
Network Appliance\ContentReporter\jakarta-tomcat\webapps\ContentReporter\logo\"

5

Continue completing the report definition. See Selecting the report location and delivery method.

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