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Distribution dialog box

The Distribution dialog box specifies multiple destinations for report or section output and deletes destinations from the Distribution List.

Note: To display the Distribution dialog box: In the report or section Property Inspector, under the Report node, click the Distribution property value field.

This dialog box contains:

Distribution List

Lists the destinations in the distribution list for the current report or section.

Distribution ID 

Is an identifier for a destination.

DESNAME

Is the name of the path and file, printer, or e-mail ID (or distribution list) to which the report output will be sent. Note: If you specify a file, the directories in the path must already exist.

 

Default
report_name
report_name
m
report_name
h
report_name
t


For the entire report
For the main section
For the header section
For the trailer section
DESFORMAT

Is the destination format, or the printer driver to be used when DESTYPE is FILE.

 

Values

 

 

BITMAP

Specifies bitmap format as displayed in the Reports Builder user interface, which can be sent to a printer.

 

HTML

Specifies HTML format, which can be read by an HTML 3.0 compliant browser.

 

HTMLCSS

Specifies HTML format, which can be read by an HTML 3.0 compliant browser that supports Cascading Style Sheets.

 

PDF

Specifies PDF format, which can be read by a PDF viewer. PDF output is based upon the currently configured printer for your system. The drivers for the currently selected printer is used to produce the output; you must have a printer configured for the machine on which you are running the report.

 

ASCII

Specifies character (ASCII) format, which can be sent to any Internet standard protocol SMTP e-mail system.

 

RTF

Specifies RTF format, which can be read by standard word processors (such as Microsoft Word).

  XML Specifies XML format, which can read by an XML-supporting browser, or your choice of XML viewing application.
  DELIMITEDDATA Specifies a delimited format that uses a known delimiter, such as a comma or a semicolon, which can be read by standard spreadsheet utilities, such as Microsoft Excel. The default delimiter is a TAB.
DESTYPE

Is the type of destination device that will receive the report output.

 

Values

 

 

File

Specifies a file (named by DESNAME).

 

Mail

Specifies e-mail (IDs identified by DESNAME). You can send e-mail to any Internet standard protocol SMTP e-mail system. The report is sent as an attached file.

 

Printer

Specifies a printer (named by DESNAME).

COPIES

Is the number of copies to distribute.

New

Adds the distribution definition in the Settings section to the Distribution List and opens a new line for a new distribution definition.

Remove

Removes the selected distribution definition from the Distribution List.

Remove all

Clears the Distribution List.

Example

In addition to normal file names, you can use DESNAME to define destination names for any of the three sections of a report (header, body, trailer) using the following syntax:

filename&<group_name>.ext

where group_name is the report level group on which to repeat for the section and ext is any valid filetype when DESTYPE is set to File.

For example, report&<deptno>.pdf generates several PDF files, one for each department, provided the Repeat On property is set to G_DEPTNO on that section.

Note: The parent frame of the deptno field must be deleted to get the desired data in each output file. Otherwise, you will get the data of all departments in each output file.

The result of a distribution run will be files named:

Restrictions

See also

About report distribution

About report sectioning and sections

Distributing a report to multiple destinations

Tracing report distribution