Current Report Options - PDF, Excel, Email

Exporting Reports to PDF and Excel and CSV Export is available when the Current Report Tab is selected. 

The Current Report Tab is in the tab menu cluster of  " | WorkBook | Current Tab | Drilldown | Filters | ".

Selecting a report Tab displays it's options. When a Tab is in focus it is shown in blue. This animation illustrates this.

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Current Report Tab 

The Current Report Tab will display the current report name, Customer List in this example screen. The Options include PDF and Excel ( XLSX) output. If the display screen is small the Options can be  hidden under the ellipsis ( 3 vertical dots )

Excel Export Options

The XLSX has 4 options. To Action the option click on the option name, to show other options click on the pulldown arrow

  1. XLSX - will export a file in XLSX for for use in Excel and including the the report name and filter options
  2. Simple XLSX - will export a file in XLSX for for use in Excel without the the report name and filter options
  3. CSV - will export a file of comma separated fields and including the report name and filter options
  4. Simple CSV  - will export a file of comma separated fields without the report name and filter options

Excel Export Examples

XLSX
XLSX
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Simple XLSX 
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CSV
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Simple CSV

Warning - Avoid using characters in report names

Be careful when naming each report tab to avoid using characters including * ? : \ / [ ].

When these characters are in the report tab name they can cause issues when exporting the report to Excel. 

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