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contains multiple lines of text, such as a Bill of Materials description, each
line of text is considered a row. A table will not be broken in the middle of a
multi-line entry but the entire entry is moved to the next section.
You can also break a report into sections based on some report fields. This
must be selected in the Report Generator dialog box. Different reports may
have different Special Breaks available. After you select Special Breaks, and
click Put on Drawing, the Apply Special Breaks option is available in the Table
Generation Setup dialog box. This option inserts a table object for each section
based on the Special Breaks. These multiple table objects (if inserted as
updatable) are considered one report table by AutoCAD Electrical and can be
updated and edited as one report using the AutoCAD Electrical Edit Component
command.
Breaking a Report Table across Multiple Drawings
You can break a report table across multiple drawings if the scope of the report
is set to Project and not Active Drawing. In the Table Generation Setup dialog
box, once you have defined a break as described above, you can define how
many table sections should be placed on each drawing. A blank Sections On
Drawing value indicates unlimited sections on the same drawing and you are
not prompted for another drawing. Once you enter a Sections On Drawing
value, when you reach that value you are prompted for another drawing. If
you select a new drawing, you can enter the folder and name for the drawing.
Once generated, the drawing is added to the AutoCAD Electrical project. These
multiple table objects (if inserted as updatable) are considered one report table
by AutoCAD Electrical and can be updated and edited as one report using the
AutoCAD Electrical Edit Component command.
Wildcard Filtering
You can filter reports based on wild-carded Installation and Location code
assignments. For example, if you mark all of the customer-supplied schematic
components and existing equipment with a Location code of “CUST” you can
then filter any report using the Location code. To run a report (such as a Bill
of Material report) of only the customer-supplied items, select Named Location
and enter “CUST” as the Location code in the Location Codes to extract section
of the report dialog box and click OK.
You can also run a report of all of the components that are not
customer-supplied. To do this, either enter all of the used location codes
separated by commas in the Location code edit box of the report dialog box
or enter “~CUST” as the Location code in the report dialog box. The tilde (~)
prefix causes the report to show everything except components with a Location
code of “CUST.”
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