User Guide

Reports
Working with Reports
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
8.1.3 Configuring a Report Definition
You can configure a Report Definition by inserting elements, applying filters, setting
page layout, and/or formatting elements.
8.1.3.1 Inserting a Table
1. In System Browser, select Application View.
2. Select Applications > Reports or one of its subfolders.
3. Click the Home tab.
4. Do one of the following:
– From the Insert group box on the Home tab, click the Table group box,
select a table, such as Objects, Active Events or Activities, and drag-and-
drop it in the Report Definition.
The cursor shape changes and indicates the selected table name.
– Right-click the Report Definition and from the Insert Table option, select the
table type.
– Drag-and-drop the desired system object from System Browser onto the
Report Definition. The Name filter of the inserted table is set to the dropped
system object.
 The table is added to the Report Definition.
NOTE 1:
You cannot insert tables in the header or footer section.
NOTE 2:
If you right-click a table in the Report Definition, you can move, set a position, and
perform various column operations like adding, deleting, reordering, and sorting,
applying font and changing color, applying filters, and deleting the table.
Adding a Column
 You have added a table in a Report Definition.
1. Select a table in the Report Definition.
2. Right-click the table and select Select Columns.
NOTE: The layout and content of the Select Columns dialog box varies
according to the type of table selected.
 The Select Columns dialog box displays.
3. Select the check box preceding each column to add it to the table. In case of a
property, you must first expand it, and then check the columns.
NOTE: For an Objects table: Select the object related to the Objects table from
the Type drop-down list. The columns related to the object type selected are
filtered and displayed in the Available Columns list.
If you select a column that belongs to a property, then the column is added in
the Property column format, such as High Limit.ActivityLog.
 The checked columns are added to the Selected Columns list.
4. Click OK.
 The columns are added to the table in order of their presence in the Selected
Columns list.