Working With a Report

You can use report data by copying it into an other application or by exporting it into Microsoft Excel. You can also manipulate a report's display and print it.

For information about the Reports toolbar, which becomes active when you run a report, see Reports Toolbar.

Procedure: How to Copy Report Output to the Clipboard

You can copy all or part of a report to the clipboard and paste it into a text editor or other application.

After running a report:

Select the part of the report that you want to copy. To copy the entire report, click the upper left hand cell which selects all rows and columns.
Note: Select a row by clicking its row number. Select a column by clicking its title. Use the Shift and Ctrl keys to make multiple row or column selections.
Click the Copy data at text button on the Reports toolbar, or right-click and select Copy as Text.
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Select Copy from the Edit menu.
In another application, select Paste from the Edit menu or use Ctrl+V to copy the selected data.

Procedure: How to Export a Report to Microsoft Excel

You can export all or part of a report to Microsoft Excel.

Note: This option is only available with the Alpha or Original output format.

After running a report:

Select the part of the report that you want to export. If you do not select a part of the report, the entire report will be exported.
Note: Select a row by clicking its row number. Select a column by clicking its title. Use the Shift and Ctrl keys to make multiple row or column selections.
Click the Export to Excel button on the Reports toolbar, or right-click and select Export to Excel.

The report opens in the Microsoft Excel, as shown in the following image.

Report

Procedure: How to Change the Report Font

You can change the font used in reports.

Choose Options from the Tools menu.
The General settings page appears in the right pane.
Click the Format link on the User Preferences tree.
The Format settings page appears in the right pane, as shown in the following image.
Click DataMigrator Reports in the Fonts text box.
Click the Font button.
The Font dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
Select the font attributes, and click OK.

The changes will be applied the next time you run a report.

Procedure: How to Change the Report Format

You can change the format for reports.

Choose Options from the Tools menu.
The General settings page appears in the right pane.
Click the Run Options link on the User Preferences tree.
The Run Options settings page appears in the right pane, as shown in the following image.
From the Test reports default format drop-down menu, select which format you would like the report to be in.
The format options are the following:
- HTML
- HTML - plain text
- active report
- Excel
- PDF
- Unformatted
For more information regarding setting preferences for test reports, see User Preferences - Run Options.