Creating report graphics

  1. On the Home - Layouts, click Report Graphics.
  2. Right-click in the Report Graphics dialogue box and click New Report Graphic.

    The Report Graphic - New dialogue box appears.

    • Name of Report Graphic - enter a name for the report graphic
    • Bitmap file to use to create/update this Report Graphic - type or click the browse button to select the location and name of the graphics file
  3. Click OK.

    Content Manager saves the new report graphic in the document store and lists it in the Report Graphics dialogue box.

  4. Right-click it for the functions:
    • Import - to import multiple graphics.

      See Importing report graphics.

    • View - views the selected report graphic
    • Extract - copies the selected report graphic to a folder outside Content Manager
    • Print Document - prints the selected report graphic
    • Delete - deletes the selected report graphic file from the electronic document store
    • Properties - to view and / or modify the properties for the selected report graphic.

      You can overwrite a graphic or change its name.

NOTE:

  • Report layouts preview - if the attached graphic is deleted, corrupt or otherwise unavailable, the broken Mona Lisa picture appears in its place.
  • Content Manager report layouts and report graphics accept alphanumeric characters only, not special characters, for example, &, %, etc.

    This includes importing report graphics with these characters in the file name.