The Reports Task

After you have at least one ranking in your project, the Reports task is where you go to get information back out of your project.

Toolbar Buttons

•	Run Report is used to run the selected report as an HTML report. Click the triangle for more output options.

•	Save is used to save the current report in the Report View in whatever format the report is being displayed in.

•	Email is used to email the current report in the Report View in whatever format the report is being displayed in. Not available in the Standard edition.

Reports List

The Reports list organizes reports into groups of Stock reports.

	Indicates a reporting group like Ranking or News and contains a list of Stock reports.
	Indicates a Stock report. All three of the report types below are built from a stock report. Stock reports contain all the information and columns that can be used on custom reports. The number to the right of the stock report name indicates how many custom reports are defined.
	Indicates a Columnar report. Columnar report display data in the traditional way and are custom reports.
	Indicates a Cross-tab report. Cross-tab reports display data in a grid and are custom reports. Microsoft refers to these types of reports as Pivot table reports. Basically, one column in the report becomes a dynamic heading in the report.
	Indicates a Chart report (not available yet). Charts display data visually and are custom reports.

These options are only available in the Professional edition.

•	The Plus button is used to add a new custom report. The selected stock report or custom report is used as a template and the new report is added to the stock report's list.

•	The Edit button is used to edit the selected custom report. You should almost always create a new custom report first, then edit your custom report.

Report View

The Report View displays the current report in whatever format is chosen. Once displayed, the report can be printed, saved, or emailed.