Custom Reports Template

This dialog box is displayed if you click Manage under Templates (Custom tab) when generating a report (described in Generating Reports as RTF, HTML, or PDF Files). Use this dialog box to create, edit, delete, and save custom report templates, which provide you with substantial flexibility in specifying the report format. (Contrast this with the less flexible approach of creating a modified version of a standard report format, as explained in Report Templates Management.)

Templates: Lists custom report templates that have been created.

To create a new template click the Add icon. To edit a listed template, select it. To deleted a listed template, select it and click the Remove icon. To save a template after making any desired edits, click the Save icon.

Template Name: Name for the template. Suggestion: Choose a meaningful name, such as Columns_and_Comments or Foreign_Keys_All (if you select Foreign Keys - Referred From and Foreign Keys - Referring To).

Template Description: Optional descriptive text about the template.

Available Collections: Lists types of relevant information that can be added to the report layout. (Use the left and right arrow icons to move selected collections between Available Collections and Report Layout.)

Report Layout: Lists relevant types of information to be included in reports that use this template. (Use the up and down arrow icons to move selected items up and down in the list.)

Available Properties: Lists available properties for the selected Report Layout item. (Use the left and right arrow icons to move selected collections between Available Properties and Report Columns.)

Report Columns: Lists relevant properties to be included as columns in reports that use this template. For Column Width, accept the default (0.0) to have Data Modeler determine the best width, or specify a percentage value. For Data Sort Order, you can override the default column sort order (from the list) to specify sort order values for individual columns.