User Guide

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Reports
Creating and Viewing a Report as a PDF or Excel
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Siemens User Guide Version 2.1 A6V10415471_en_a_21
Building Technologies 2015-07-15
NOTE 1:
When a PDF document exceeds the page limit of 500 pages, it splits into two
documents. The PDF creation progress for all the split PDF documents displays
under the same Report snapshot in the Report Management section.
NOTE 2:
From the
Report Management
section, you can:
- Click
Stop
to stop creating the PDF document and a consecutive PDF split
document (if any).
- Click
Delete
to delete each entry.
NOTE 3:
After clicking
Create and view PDF
on the generated report, you can save,
print, zoom in, and zoom out of the PDF file by clicking either
Save PDF as
,
Print
,
Zoom In
, or
Zoom Out
on the reports toolbar.
9.15.2 Generating an Excel (XLSX)
You can generate an Excel document using any of the following procedures:
 Generating an Excel document without a template [➙ 288]
 Generating an Excel document with a template [➙ 289]
9.15.2.1 Generating an Excel Document without a Template
 You have run a Report Definition and it displays in Run mode.
 Microsoft Excel 2007 or later is installed on your system.
 In the Reports toolbar, click Create and view Excel .
 An Excel file is created and stored at the following temporary location on your
machine
[Drive]:\Users\[UserID]\AppData\Local\Temp\temp\GMS. A dialog box
displays asking you to save a copy of this file on your machine, open the file
from the temporary location, or cancel the procedure to open or save the file.
NOTE 1:
The Excel creation progress for all the split Excel documents displays under the
same Report Snapshot in the
Report Management
section.
NOTE 2:
From the
Report Management
section, you can do one of the following:
- Click
Stop
to stop creating a Excel document and a consecutive Excel split
document (if any).
- Click
Delete
to delete each entry.
NOTE 3:
If you have Internet Explorer 10.0 or higher on your machine the Excel file opens
outside the Reports Workspace. However, in systems having lower versions of
Internet Explorer, the Excel file opens in the Reports Workspace.