Chapter 2 Introducing Reports and List Reports

Types of reports in PowerDesigner

There are two types of reports that you can generate in PowerDesigner:

Both types of reports are accessible via the Reports menu in the menu bar. It allows you to perform the following actions:

Command	Action
Report Wizard	Launches the Report Creation Wizard that helps you creating a report.
Generate report	Opens the Generate Report dialog box that allows you to generate a report from a template or from an existing model.
Reports	Opens the List of Reports dialog box. From that list, you can also manage report templates.
Report Templates	Opens the List of Reports Templates dialog box in order to manage report templates.
List Report Wizard	Launches the List Report Wizard that helps you creating a list report.
Generate list report	Opens the Generate List Report dialog box that allows you to generate several list reports one after the other for diverse external files.
List Reports	Opens the List of List Reports dialog box. From that list, you can also launch the List Report Wizard and export and import list reports