The selected check box indicates that this condition is active. This condition is selected.

6 Reporting Results 6-1 6 Reporting Results This chapter explains how to create reports with Discoverer Desktop. Topics in this chapter include: ■ Preparing Reports for Printing ■ Sending Reports with E-Mail Messages ■ Exporting to Other Applications ■ Producing Scheduled Reports ■ Sharing Workbooks

6.1 Preparing Reports for Printing

Tables and crosstabs are displayed in a format that easily lends itself to reporting of results. Additional options, such as adding headers and footers, page numbers, and the date, help you prepare the report for printing. Here is an example of a table and a printed version of it as a report. 6-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 6–1 Sample Table and Report Key to Figure 6–1 :

a. The Discoverer Desktop Worksheet.

b. The Worksheet Report generated by Discoverer Desktop.

c. The Report Header section.

d. The Header contains the Date, Workbook name, and Worksheet nam.

e. The Report Body section, which contains the Worksheet data.

f. The Report Footer section, containing a variable for the page number.

6.1.1 Selecting Print Options

Use the Page Setup dialog box to add print options to a report. To select print options: 1. Choose File | Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears. The tabs across the top of the dialog box list the various types of options you can select to design the report. Reporting Results 6-3 Figure 6–2 Page Setup for Worksheets Print What—Specifies the sheets that you want to print. ■ Selected Sheet —Prints the current sheet displayed in the workbook. ■ All sheets —Prints all of the sheets in the workbook. ■ Graph — Prints the graph of a worksheet. This option is available only if the worksheet’s graph is displayed. Choose Graph | Show to display a graph. ■ All PageDetail Combinations —Prints all pages of a worksheet with all combinations of the page items and data points. Note: Be careful when selecting this option if your worksheet includes many pages and data items. You may print more than you intend. Page Order —Specifies how to print worksheets that don’t fit on a single page, such as a table with many columns. ■ Down, then Across —Prints the left-hand section of the table or crosstab from top to bottom on successive pages, then prints the right-hand section from top to bottom on successive pages. ■ Across, then Down —Prints the top section of the table or crosstab from left to right on successive pages, then prints the bottom section from left to right on successive pages. Orientation —Prints in either Portrait or Landscape mode. Tables and crosstabs often are better suited to the Landscape mode. Scale —This option is available if your printer uses a Postscript driver for printing. Scaling prints the table or crosstab at the scale factor in the box. Click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the number. Scaling is particularly useful when you’re printing tables and crosstabs that are too big to fit on a single page. Scaling “shrinks” the table or crosstab so more rows and columns fit on the page. You can also configure scaling from the File ¦ Print ¦Properties, Advanced Tab dialog, if a postscript printer is being used.

2. Click the Header tab to see the options for the report’s header. The options for

footers are the same.