Understanding How to Open Existing Reports

You can open an existing report to make modifications. You can open and modify either a report template or a batch version. Open existing report templates either from OMW or directly from RDA. To open a report object in OMW, you must add the report object to a project. If you open and modify a report template, the changes are reflected in the associated versions, unless prohibited by overrides in the batch versions.

Open batch versions either from OMW or from Batch Versions. You can open a batch version to modify it without affecting the report template or other associated versions.

When you open an existing report, the Director is not available to assist with changes. Rather, the report template or batch version opens automatically to the RDA workspace.

Caution: If you want to modify a report template that was shipped with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, copy the report template first and name the copy according to the recommended naming conventions. Then modify the copied report template. This ensures that the modifications are not overwritten during a software update. The same holds true for batch versions: Do not modify batch versions that begin with XJDE or ZJDE. Copy the batch version, name the copy according to your company's requirements, and modify the copied version.