Running a Report
This section describes how to view, save, and print the output of a
report.
For information about running DataVision from the command line, see Starting DataVision.
Displaying a Report On-screen
To view a report, select Run Report from the
Report menu. A new Report View window opens, displaying
the first page of the report. As more data is loaded, more pages become
available. From this window, you can print a report or export the results
to a file.
If you cancel a report, either by closing the Report View window or
clicking the Cancel button in the status dialog, the
report run will be canceled and the Report View window will be closed.
The toolbar contains buttons for printing, exporting, and navigating
between report pages.
Saving a Report's Output
From the Report View window, you may print the report or save its output
in any of the formats allowed by the layout engines. See Layout Engines for a list of available layout
engines and their file formats.
Alternately, you can run DataVision from the command line, specifying a
layout engine and an optional output file name. See Running DataVision from the Command
Line for a command synopsis.
Printing a Report's Output
Reports can be printed from within the Report View window or by printing
an output file generated by one of the layout engines.
To print a report from within DataVision, run the report. The
Print menu item and printer button will become
enabled as soon as the last report page is read. Click either one to print
the report.
While the report is printing, a status dialog displays the page number
being printed. Click Cancel to cancel printing.
Printing from DataVision
From the Report View window, use Print from
the File menu to send the report to a printer.
Alternately, you can click the print button on the toolbar.
Printing a Report Output File
Printing or viewing an exported output file from the command line is
system dependent. For example, you can use DataVision to generate an HTML
file or a comma-delimited .csv text file. Opening that file
depends upon your system: you can use your favorite Web browser to open and
print the HTML file or a spreadsheet program to open and print the
comma-delimited file.
The LaTeX layout engine produces a LaTeX2e .tex file. This
file is in turn used to produce a device independent .dvi
file, most likely by running the command latex. There
are many tools available to translate either the .tex or the
.dvi file into almost any format you may wish: text, HTML,
PostScript, PDF, and more.
Quitting under Mac OS X
Note: Under Mac OS X, be sure to quit DataVision by
selecting Quit from the File
menu (or its keyboard shortcut) that appears in the Design Window.
Do not use Quit found in the
jimm.datavision.DataVision application menu at the top
of the screen. Quitting that way does not let DataVision ask you about
saving your report. You will loose all changes that have not been
saved.
DataVision is written to be as cross-platform as possible. That means it
does not take advantage of the ``hooks'' that Apple provides for
interacting with Mac OS X.