Defining Report Preferences

SQR Production Reporting Studio allows you to define several report preferences. To review or change the preferences, select File, then Preferences before creating a report, or select Edit, then Preferences while formatting a report.

Table 6 describes the preferences that apply to each new report that you create (they do not affect the report that is currently open):

Table 6. Preferences that Only Apply to New Reports

Preference	Description
Layout (layout mode, configure default layout, location in default layout, number format) (see Layout Preferences)	Graphic or character layout display setting, how to configure the default report layout, the location in which the page number and date/time print in the default layout, and the number format to use.
Format (see Format Preferences)	The numeric format used when previewing or printing reports.
Page (see Page Preferences )	Parameters such as paper size, margins, page orientation, and character layout.
Labels (see Format Preferences)	How labels print on the page.
Export (see Export Preferences)	Parameters such as column lengths and separator characters for Export reports.
Editor (font, tabs) (see Editor Preferences)	Fonts displayed in the SQR Production Reporting Studio editor and whether to use spaces or tabs in Production Reporting programs.
View (see View Preferences)	Grid characteristics, the display of aliases in the Layout window, and whether inches centimeters, or points display on the horizontal and vertical rulers.
Navigation Bar (language) (see Navigation Bar Preferences)	The language in which the navigation bar at the top of HTML reports appears.
HTML (page background)(see HTML Preferences)	Page background pattern and color for HTML reports.

Table 7 describes the preferences that apply to the report that is currently open and to any new reports that you create:

Table 7. Preferences that Apply to the Currently-Open Report and to New Reports

Preference	Description
General (see General Preferences)	Preview options, run parameters, default directories, and the Production Reporting command line.
Layout (line, box, date/time, chart size) (see Layout Preferences)	Parameters such as line width, box borders and shading, date/time format, and default chart size.
Editor (syntax coloring) (see Editor Preferences)	The coloring of syntax elements in the SQR Production Reporting Studio Editor.
Table of Contents (see Table of Contents Preferences)	Options for printing a table of contents.
Navigation Bar (background and navigation icons) (see Navigation Bar Preferences)	How to display the navigation bar that appears at the top of HTML reports in your browser. You can: Define a background pattern or color to appear behind the navigation bar Display icons on the navigation bar that allow you to generate PDF files Export report data in CSV format Display XML report output Activate Interactive Reporting analysis
HTML (scale report to, demand paging, images directory, zip archive) (see HTML Preferences)	Options for running HTML reports such as the percent to which to scale the report, how to write the report, where to store images, and whether to compress all the files created by the HTML generator and related GIF files into a single ZIP archive file.