Export to HTML Wizard

The Export To HTML Wizard helps you create Web pages from charts, reports, and pivot tables. When you use the Export to HTML Wizard, each page of the Chart, Detail, or Designer report is a JPEG file, which is referenced by an HTML file.

Note:

We suggest you use the Export Document As Web Page command (see Exporting a Document as a Web Page) rather than the HTML Wizard.

  To export reports using the HTML Wizard:

  1. On the first page of the wizard, select an option:

    • Click Create a new export layout if you have never used the Export to HTML Wizard before, or if you want to create a new export layout file instead of using or modifying an existing one.

    • Click Use an existing export layout to use an existing Web layout file from your Style Sheets directory.

      To search for an existing export layout file, click Browse.

  2. On the second page of the wizard, specify the style of the home page to create for the exported HTML data, and whether to link it to other existing Web pages. To do this, complete:

    Enter a name for your home page in the Home Page Name field with an HTM extension.

    Select an output style.

    Interactive Reporting supports the output styles:

    • Vertical panes

    • Horizontal panes

    • Table of Contents

    • Linked Pages

  3. On the third page of the wizard, specify which reports to turn into Web pages.

    All the reports available for potential export to Web page format are listed under Available Reports. Each report that you select will have its own Web page, and links to these pages will appear in the order shown under Selected Reports. You must specify at least one report for export.

  4. To export a report into Web page format, click a report name under Available Reports, and click the right arrow to move it to Selected Reports.

  5. To rearrange the order in which the Web pages will be linked, select a report name under Selected Reports, click the up arrow to move the report up one line, or click the down arrow to move the report down one line.

  6. On the fourth page of the wizard, you can optionally specify another HTML template to be used when creating your Web pages. To select another HTML template, select a report name under Selected Reports, and click the right arrow to move it to HTMLTemplates.

    Tip:

    An HTML Template controls the size and style of the fonts on a Web page.

  7. On the fifth page of the wizard, you can optionally link your Web pages to your source documents. This feature allows you to view the most recent updates on the Web and perform online analysis. To enable online analysis, select Please link my Web pages to their ‘source’ documents.

    Tip:

    To use online analysis, you must have Interactive Reporting Web Client installed on your machine.

  8. On the sixth page of the wizard, type the full path to the directory where you want to store your new HTML pages, or click Browse to navigate to that location.

  9. On the seventh page of the wizard, save your selections as a new HTML Export Layout file. To save your selections and finish building the layout. Specify the name and path of the layout you wish to create and click Finish to exit the wizard.

    The Export To HTML Wizard saves your file with the extension "htm” in the specified directory.