Generating issue reports

To generate an issue report:

1. Select Tools > Reports > Generate BIRT Report.

   The Generate BIRT Report dialog box opens.

   
2. From the Report Template list, select the type of report you want.
3. From the Options list, select the template version (if multiple versions are available).

4. Select the information to include in the report.

   Not all options are available for all report templates.

   1. To include detailed descriptions of reported issues, select the Detailed Report check box.
   2. To categorize issues by Fortify Priority instead of folder names, select the Categories By Fortify Priority check box.
   3. To include descriptions of key terminology in the report, select the Key Terminology check box.
   4. To include the About Fortify Solutions section in the report, select the About Fortify Solutions check box.

5. To filter information from the report, click Issue Filter Settings.

   

   You can filter the issues as follows:

   • Click Removed to include removed issues in the report.
   • Click Suppressed to include suppressed issues in the report.
   • Click Hidden to include hidden issues in the report.
   • Click Collapse Issues to collapse issues of the same sink and type into a single issue.
   • Click Only My Issues to include only issues assigned to your user name.
   • Click Advanced to build a search query to further filter the issues to include in the report. For more information about the search modifiers, see Search Modifiers.

6. From the Format list, select the format for the report.

   You can save the report in the following formats: Portable Document Format (PDF), HTML, and Microsoft Word (DOC).

7. To specify an alternative location to save the report, click Browse, and then select a directory.
8. Click Generate.

9. If a report with the same file name already exists, you are prompted to either:

   • Click Overwrite to overwrite the existing report.
   • Click Append Version Number to have the report saved to a file with a sequential number appended to the file name (for example: buildABC CWESANSTop25(1).pdf).