Saving reports

You can save individual reports or save multiple reports in batch.

To save an individual report, perform the following steps:

1. Click the arrow beside Save Report. This displays types of reports. Figure 1 shows this.

   

2. Click one of the report choices under Save Report.
3. If you click Port Report you additionally need to click a Sort by... selection. Figure 2 shows this.

   

   The tool displays a window with a wizard for creating a new report. Figure 3 shows an example of the CHPID Report window.

   

   The window is similar for all types of reports.

4. When saving a report, you can optionally change the default file name. Table 1 summarizes information about the default files names.

   Table 1. Summary of default file names of reports

   Report name	Default file names
   CHPID Report	chpid.rpt
   Port Report	pchid.rpt
   Fiber Cable Report	Fiber Cable.rpt
   FTS Report	FTS.rpt
   Control Unit Report	Control Unit.rpt
   CHPID to Control Unit Report	chpidtocu.rpt

5. If you want to save the report in a folder other than the workspace folder, select Save outside workspace. If you do this, the tool makes available the External path and File type fields.

   

   1. Type the External path value in the field or click Browse to open the Browse For Folder window in which you navigate to the path and click OK.
   2. If you want to save the report in HTML, select HTML. The tool selects PDF by default. This remains selected after you select HTML. If you do not want to save an additional version of the report in PDF format, clear PDF.
6. If you do not want to save an additional copy of the report in the workspace folder, clear Save to workspace. (By default, the tool selects Save to workspace. This remains selected even if you select Save outside workspace.)
   Note: The tool creates the workspace folder when you open it for the first time.
7. Click Finish. The tool saves the report in the specified directory. Table 2 summarizes the file names of the reports. Notice that, if you save outside the workspace folder, either .pdf or .html follows the extension .rpt.

   Table 2. Summary of file names of saved report files

   Report	File name saved in workspace folder	Saved outside workspace folder
   CHPID Report	chpid.rpt	chpid.rpt.pdf or fn.rpt.html
   Port Report	pchid.rpt	pchid.rpt.pdf or pchid.rpt.html
   Fiber Cable Report	Fiber Cable.rpt	Fiber Cable.rpt.pdf or Fiber Cable.rpt.html
   FTS Report	FTS.rpt	FTS.rpt.pdf or FTS.rpt.html
   Control Unit Report	Control Unit.rpt	Control Unit.rpt.pdf or Fiber Control Unit.rpt.html
   CHPID to Control Unit Report	chpidtocu.rpt	chpidtocu.rpt.pdf or chpidtocu.rpt.html

   The tool saves the report and displays the Reports view. See Figure 3.

To save multiple reports, perform the following steps:

1. Click Save Report. This displays types of reports. Figure 5 shows this.
2. Click Batch Save under Save Report. The Multi-page Editor File window is displayed. Figure 5 shows this.

   

3. If you want the CHPID Mapping Tool to export an HTML file rather than a PDF, select HTML to change the default.
4. Select the report or reports you want. If you select Port Report, additional choices about the sort order become available and you are required to select one.
5. If you want to save reports to a folder other than the default Documents and Settings folder, click Browse. This opens the Browse For Folder window where you can create a new folder or select an existing folder; click OK when you are done.
6. Click Finish.