Creating a new report

You can create a new report using the Display Report wizard.

About this task

To generate a report in any of the formats:

Procedure

  1. Select Results > Display Report. The Display Report wizard opens.
  2. From the first page of the wizard, select whether you will be creating a new report or using an existing report. Your choices are:
    • Create a new report
    • Use an existing report stored in a file
    • Use an existing report stored in the QMF catalog
    • Use an existing report stored in the repository
  3. Click Next.
  4. Depending on your selection one of the following dialogs opens:
    • If you selected Create a new report, the second page of the wizard requests that you specify what type of report you will create. The available reporting options are:
      • Create a classic report to create a classic report.
      • Create a Visual report to create a visual report.

      For each type of report you must specify whether the report will be generated based on how the current query is formatted or on simple default formatting. Select Create from query to specify that the report will be generated based on how the current query results are formatted. Select Default to specify that the report will be generated on simple default formatting. For classic report you must specify the Fetching options. Select Use available data to include in the report only the data that has already been fetched. Select Fetch all data to complete the process of fetching the data before the report is generated so that all data is included.

    • If you selected Use an existing report stored in a file, the second page of the wizard requests that you specify the path to the file that contains the report in the Name field.
    • If you selected Use an existing report stored in the QMF catalog, the second page of the wizard requests that you specify the database where the QMF catalog resides in the Database field; and the report owner, name and type in their respective fields. To see a list of reports click List Objects.
    • If you selected Use an existing report stored in a repository, the second page of the wizard requests that you select from the repository or a repository workspace the report that you want to open.
  5. Click Finish. The report is displayed in the active editor window.