Output Types

The View Report list contains the output types that are available for a pixel-perfect report.

Output Types

Output Type Description
Interactive Enables pop-up chart value displays, navigable and filterable tables, and other interactive features for a report. This output is only available for layouts designed using the Layout Editor.
HTML Generates the report as an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file for browser viewing.
PDF Generates the report as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file and opens the report in Adobe Acrobat reader. This output type is optimized for printing.
RTF Generates the report as a RTF (Rich Text Format) file . If you've a word processing application installed, such as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org, then you're prompted to open the application for viewing.
Word Generates the report as a Microsoft Word document in the .docx format.
Excel (*.xlsx)

Generates the report as an Excel.xlsx (Excel XML format) file. If you've Excel 2007 or later installed, this option provides the best preservation of layout and formatting.

For output format Excel 2007, that uses the xlsx file extension, Publisher doesn’t apply any formatting for number and date. Publisher saves the formatting mask and the actual value (date or number) into the XLSX output file. The formatting is handled by Microsoft Excel. For example:

  • If the Microsoft Windows Region and Language of the client computer is set to English (United States), then the numbers and dates are formatted in en-US locale in the Excel output file.

  • If the Microsoft Windows Region and Language of the client computer is set to French (France), then the numbers and dates in the same Excel output file are formatted in fr-FR locale.
MHTML Generates a MHTML (Mime HyperText Markup Language) file. This option enables you to save a Web page and its resources as a single MHTML file (.mht), in which all images and linked files are saved as a single entity. Use this option to send or save HTML output and retain the embedded images and stylesheet formatting.
PDF/A Generates a PDF file, which has an archiving standard to support reports that require long-term preservation. PDF/A is a specialized subset of the PDF standard that prohibits elements that may interfere with the preservation of the file as a self-contained document.
PDF/X Generates a PDF file, which supports pre-press graphics exchange. PDF/X is a specialized subset of the PDF standard that streamlines documents for high-quality print production output and restricts content that doesn't serve the print production, such as signatures, comments, and embedded multimedia.
Zipped PDFs

Generates a zip file containing the report PDF output and index files. This option is only available for reports that have been designed to enable zipped PDF output.
FO Formatted XML Generates an XML file with the XSL-FO information.
Data (XML) Generates the XML data.

For Safari browser users, the Safari browser renders XML as text. To view the XML generated by the data engine as XML, right-click inside the frame displaying the data and then click View Frame Source. This is a display issue only. The data is saved properly if you choose to export the data.

Data (CSV) Generates the data in comma separated value format. The data must be in a simple <rowset>/<row> structure.