Report Item - Filename Form

Use the Report Item - Filename form to change the source database from which the data tables are extracted for use in the report. This button is intended to be used after a report format has been saved by clicking the Save Named Report button. Thus, after a report format has been specified, the report can be recreated  quickly and easily using data from other data sources.

  1. Use the various options on the Custom Report Writer form to define a report format.

  2. Save that format using the Save Named Report button.

  3. Click the Change Source DB button to display the Report Item - Filename form.

  4. Click the Change Selected Database Filename button to display a form that can be used to specify the path and filename to select another database from which the data will be extracted and reported using the saved format.

Access the Report Item - Filename form as follows:

  1. Click the Orb > Report > Advanced Report Writer command to access the Create Custom Report form.

  2. Click the Change Source DB button.