Chapter 7 Managing a List Report

Generating a List Report

You can generate a list report for the following external files:

.CSV
.RTF
.HTML
.XML

You generate a list report from the Generate List Report dialog box that you access from the Report→Generate List Report command. You usually use this dialog box when you do not need to edit the list report before generating or when you want to generate several list reports one after the other.

Otherwise, you can also generate from the Content tab or Result Sets tab of a given list report property sheet.

For more information see, the "List report property sheet Content tab" and the "List report property sheet Result Sets tab".

The Generate List Report dialog box contains the following parameters:

Groupbox	Description
Generate list report	Displays all the list reports that you can generate. You can select one at a time. The Filename box in the lower part of the dialog box is automatically filled with the name of the list report.
Generated format	List of available generation formats: CSV, RTF, HTML, and XML
Filename	Name of the generated file with the extension corresponding to the generation format you have selected. The Filename box is initially filled with the name of the list report and the file is saved in the PowerDesigner installation folder. You can click the Select File tool to change the name of the file to generate and choose another location.

To generate a list report:

Select Report→Generate List Report to open the corresponding dialog box.

Select a list report in the Generate List Report groupbox.

Select an output format in the Generated format groupbox.

(optional) Click the Select File tool to rename the file to generate and choose another location.

Click OK.

The list report file is generated. You are asked whether you want to open it using your default CSV, RTF, HTML or XML editor or Web browser. Click Yes to visualize the generated file.

Generating from the List Report Wizard
At the last page of the List Report Wizard, you can directly generate the created list report and choose a generation output.