Chapter 4 Using the Report Editor


Report Sections

PowerDesigner model reports must contain at least one section. When you create a model or multi-model report, a section is automatically created by default. Sections are displayed as tabs at the bottom of the Report Items pane of the Report Editor.

Sections can only contain section items for one model type. In a multi-model report, you can create sections relating to different model types. For example, a multi-model report can contain a PDM section, an OOM section, and a BPM section.

You can use sections to segment your model in order to facilitate your analysis. You can create, delete, modify and rename as many sections as you want from within the report property sheet. You can create an empty section or a section based on a template.

You can launch the Report Wizard from the Report Editor to configure the present section. The wizard configures only one section at a time, and will delete the current contents of the section. To configure a second section, select it using the section tabs at the bottom of the window, and relaunch the wizard. For information about using the wizard, see "Creating a report with the Report Wizard" in the Creating Model and Multi-Model Reports chapter.

 


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