User`s guide

Reporter

Setting Up Report Output

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Setting Up Report Output

When deﬁning reports, you can choose the report output format and

where the output should be sent.

Reports can be generated in three output formats:

● PostScript: the report is rendered in the PostScript page description

language. With PostScript output, all Reporter formatting features are

preserved.

● Text: the data for each graph in a report is represented as an ASCII

text table, no matter what graph style (bar, pie, etc.) is selected.

● XWD: reports are converted to X Window Dump format, which can

then be read by various other X utilities for display, printing, editing,

image processing, and so on.

For XWD, some Reporter formatting features are not available:

– You can specify only one graph per report.

– Page headers and footers are not allowed.

– Table format is not supported.

You can choose to send report output as follows:

● Printer: sends the report to a printer, using the print command you

specify.

● Screen: displays the report output on the speciﬁed X display.

● File: saves the report output in the speciﬁed ﬁle name.

● Mail: sends the report results to the speciﬁed electronic mail address.

● Command: processes the report output with the command you specify;

this option gives you complete control over what happens to the report.

All of these output options are discussed on the following pages.