View a Report Definition

If you want to see descriptions of a report’s output columns, search criteria, and other components, you can view the report definition.

This can be helpful if you want to see exactly how the report was created or determine if the report meets your needs. You can print a report’s definition, and you can export the output to a file for later viewing.

1. From the Reports explorer, do one of the following:
   • Select a report and click View Definition.
   • Open a report, click the Home tab, click Definition, and select View.
   The Report Definition window opens.
2. To save the output from the report definition to a file for later viewing, click Export and select the file type.

   You can select HTML, PDF, Excel, Image, and Delimited file types. See Export Report and Dashboard Data for a description of these file types. You can also export the definition to an XML file which you can use to create duplicate reports on other interfaces. See Export a Report Definition to an XML File.

3. To print the page, perform these steps.
   1. To preview the page layout page before printing it, click Print Preview. See Preview a Report.
   2. To configure the page layout, click Page Setup. See Report Designer Page Setup Tab.
   3. Click Print.
      Your computer’s Print window opens where you can select the destination printer.
4. Click X on the top right to close the Report Definition window.