User Guide

Reports
Working with Reports
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
8.1.15 Generating a PDF Document
 You have run a Report Definition and it displays in Run mode.
1. Click Create and view PDF .
 The PDF file opens in the PDF viewer.
 When a PDF document exceeds the page limit of 500 pages, it splits into two
documents.
 After clicking Create and view PDF on the generated report, you can save,
print, zoom in, and zoom out of the PDF file.
 From the Report Management section, you can:
- Click Stop to stop creating the PDF document and a consecutive PDF split
document.
- Click Delete to delete each entry.
8.1.16 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.
1. Click Create and view Excel .
 An Excel file is created and stored under the following temporary path
[Drive]:\Users\[UserID]\AppData\Local\Temp\temp\GMS. A dialog box displays,
asks you if you want to save a permanent copy of this 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.
- Click Delete to delete each entry.
NOTE 3:
If you have Internet Explorer 10.0 or higher, the Excel file opens outside the
Reports Workspace.
8.1.17 Generating an Excel Document with a Template
 You have created a report definition, run it, and it displays in Run mode.
 Microsoft Excel 2007 or later is installed on your system.
1. 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.