What are report sets and why should I use them?

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A report set identifies one or more ARM reports to print as a group. Reports in the current report set are listed in the Report Set list box. Define a report set by selecting from the list of available reports which reports to include in the report set.

If you wish to print only one report, you must still place that report name into the report set before ARM will print the report.

Report sets and options for reports in the set can be saved on disk for later use. Report sets are saved in the current study definitions directory (Options, File). You should save a report set if you will print the same report again later, and wish to use the current Global Settings each time the report is printed. Load a saved report set to display reports in the report set list, and to reset options for reports in the set to the option settings that were active when the report set was saved.

A saved report set contains the name of each report, current option settings for each report, and settings on the Global Settings dialog box. When a saved report set contains a user-defined report, the option settings for any imbedded ARM report is also saved with the report set, plus the current page orientation, font size and name, and margin settings.

When saving, ARM prompts for a file description line to save in the report set file. ARM uses this file description to identify files on the File Open dialog. See File Descriptions for details.

Note: When defining a report set to print labels, we recommend that you only include labels reports in that report set. This allows you to load the correct label sheets in your printer before printing labels. ARM does not pause printing to allow changing between paper and label sheets if you include labels with other reports in a single report set.

Last Updated January 03, 2008

                                          

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