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You can create a new version in STAR in the following ways:
Create a version without using an existing version as a template
Create a new version by copying an existing version and revising it to suit your needs
A version contains the specifications for a report. When you run a version, STAR creates a report. You can run the version as many times as you want. Various DEMO versions are provided on the following STAR version list forms:
The User Defined Reports screen in Fixed Assets
The Report Writer screen in Equipment/Plant Management
Typically, you copy a DEMO version and revise it. To become familiar with all the functionality of STAR, you should create at least one version without using an existing version.
In addition to creating versions and copying versions, you can revise versions that you created and versions that have no security. When you revise a version, you do not create a new version.
You can revise any version that has User Exclusive security set up for no security on Additional Parameters. In addition, you can revise any version that you created. You cannot revise DEMO versions that STAR provides. To use a DEMO version, you must copy it and revise the copy.