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Export Dialog Box Properties

Use the component-level Export dialog box to export a specific library component, and the dashboard-level Export dialog box to export one or more library components in a dashboard in one format at a time. This topic describes how to customize export settings.

This topic contains the following sections:

• Component-Level Export Dialog Box Properties
• Dashboard-Level Export Dialog Box Properties

Component-Level Export Dialog Box Properties

JDashboard displays the component level Export dialog box after you select and select Export on the title bar of a library component. You can export an individual library component using the dialog box.

Export File Format

Select the format in which to export the library component.

OK

Select OK to start exporting the library component.

Cancel

Select Cancel to close the dialog box without the export.

Select to view information about the Export dialog box.

Select to close the dialog box without exporting.

Dashboard-Level Export Dialog Box Properties

JDashboard displays the dashboard level Export dialog box after you select the Export button on the toolbar, or select the Options button on the toolbar and select Export from the option list. You can export one or more library components in a dashboard using the same format using the dialog box.

Layout

• System Layout
  Logi Report calculates the layout based on the position of the exportable library components in the current dashboard. JDashboard displays the preview result of the system layout on the right. You can decide the components to export and their exporting order in the Resources box.
• Customize Layout
  Select Customize Layout if you want to rearrange the layout of the library components you would like to export using a tabular. You can customize the layout in the Design tab and preview it in the Preview tab.
• Other customized layouts saved
  JDashboard also lists the layouts that you have saved for selection. You can do further modifications to them. For each of the customized layouts, you can edit its name or delete it using the two buttons - Rename and Delete - that JDashboard displays on the right when the mouse hovers over the layout item on the drop-down list.

  

Resources

• For System Layout
  Select the library components you are going to export and customize their exporting order.

  By default, JDashboard exports all exportable library components. You can clear the library components that you do not want to export.

  The display order of the library components determines the order in which Logi Report exports them. You can select the buttons and to adjust the exporting order.

• For Customize Layout
  JDashboard displays all the exportable library components in the dashboard. You can drag the components from the Resources box to the Design tab to customize the layout.

Show Component Title

Select Show Component Title to display the library component titles in the exported result.

Export

Select to open the Export dialog box for doing the last setting and then exporting.

• Export File Format
  Select the format in which to export the library components. For a format other than XML, Logi Report exports all selected library components into one single file. For XML, Logi Report exports each library component to a separate XML file. When the exported result contains more than one file, Logi Report zips all the files.
• File Name
  The exported result may be either a single file or a zipped package of multiple files. The name is either a file name or a zipped package name.
• Run Linked Report
  Select Run Linked Report if you want to generate the linked reports (not including the detail reports) in the result when the report is linked with other reports. If you are only interested in the primary report, leave this option unselected. Generating linked reports at the same time will cause performance issue, especially when the linked reports contain a large amount of data.
• OK
  Select OK to start exporting.
• Cancel
  Select Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
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  Select to view information about the Export dialog box.
• 
  Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Page Setup

Select to open the Page Setup dialog box to specify the page properties of the exported result file.

Save

Select to save the changes to an existing layout or open the Save As dialog box if you are creating a new layout. JDashboard displays the layouts that you saved in the Layout drop-down list for applying. Other users will also be able to see and use the layouts that you saved when they open the same dashboard.

Save As

Select to open the Save As dialog box for saving a new layout with a name or saving an existing layout with another name.

Options for managing tabular cell

You can see the following icons when it is not System Layout and use them for customizing the layout in the Design tab.

• Horizontal Split
  Select to split a cell into two horizontal cells. When there is a library component in the cell, Logi Report places it in the left cell after the splitting.
• Merge
  Select to merge the adjacent cells that form a rectangle into one cell. When there is more than one library component in the cells, you cannot merge the cells.
• Vertical Split
  Select to split a cell into two vertical cells. When there is a library component in the cell, Logi Report places it in the top cell after the splitting.

Options for navigating pages

• First
  Select to go to the start page.
• Previous
  Select to go to the previous page.
• Turn to Page
  Type a number in the text box and then press Enter to go to that page directly. If the input number is larger than the total page number, it goes to the last page, and if the number smaller than 1, it goes to the first page.
• Next
  Select to go to the next page.
• Last
  Select to go to the last page.

Options for zooming in/out the pages

The usage of the tool:

• Select - to zoom out.
• Select + to zoom in.
• Select a percentage from the drop-down list.
• Type a percentage in the text box. The zoom range is from 30% to 400%. If you type a value out of the range, Logi Report restores the ratio to the previously applied percentage.

Design tab

You see the Design tab when it is not System Layout. It is where you customize the component layout. Logi Report decides the page size according to the page setup properties and the ratio setting. A tabular fulfills the page printable area for holding a library component in each cell. Split or merge the cells and then drag library components from the Resources box into the cells to customize the layout.

By default, for tables and crosstabs, Logi Report only exports their current view of data as displayed in the dashboard. For example, if a table contains 10 pages of data and you browse to page 3 when you open the Export dialog box, then the table will only contain the data of page 3 in the exported result. If you want to export their full data, you can use the Filter option on the context menu to switch from Current View to All.

You see these options on the context menu after right-clicking in a tabular cell:

• Filter
  Select Filter to open the Filter dialog box to choose the data scope of the table or crosstab in the tabular cell.
• Remove
  Select Remove to remove the library component from the tabular cell.

View tab

You see the View tab when it is not System Layout. It provides a preview of the customized layout. You can select the page navigation and zooming buttons to preview the result.

Select to view information about the Export dialog box.

Select to close the dialog box without exporting.

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