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		<Title xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> ERP LN Reporting Overview</Title>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Reporting</Level1>
			<Level2>overview</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword ContextSensitive="No"><Level1>Reporting</Level1>
			<Level2>
                                    Reporting Studio
                                 </Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>
                                    ERP LN supports the following report types:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>4GL reports</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Report Viewer enabled reports</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">See the following sections for details.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>4GL reports</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">Most reports in ERP LN are 4GL reports. These reports consist of a layout part and, optionally, a report script. The layout part usually consists of multiple report layouts, such as a header, a before.field and a detail. You can edit these report layouts in the 4GL Report Editor. This editor has an ASCII user interface and does not support advanced features, such as charts and (animated) gif files.</Paragraph>
		<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><HTML:IMG height="333" width="695" SRC="../images/nt_screen_rpt_overview1.gif" path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/onlinemanual" btb-count="1" btb-count2="1" btb-image-name="nt_screen_rpt_overview1.gif" btb-source-path="C:\SVN\docnl\Technology\EnterpriseServer~8.5\EnterpriseServer" btb-image-path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/images/nt_screen_rpt_overview1.gif" ID="IDAPM0AC" alt="[...]" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><FigCaption>4GL Report printed to ERP LN Display Browser</FigCaption>
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		<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><HTML:IMG height="445" width="695" SRC="../images/nt_screen_rpt_overview2.gif" path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/onlinemanual" btb-count="1" btb-count2="1" btb-image-name="nt_screen_rpt_overview2.gif" btb-source-path="C:\SVN\docnl\Technology\EnterpriseServer~8.5\EnterpriseServer" btb-image-path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/images/nt_screen_rpt_overview2.gif" ID="IDAYM0AC" alt="[...]" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><FigCaption>4GL Report in ERP LN 4GL Report Editor</FigCaption>
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		<Paragraph class="Default">When you finished a 4GL report, you must compile the report. The compiler generates a report object in the runtime data dictionary.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph class="Default">You can print the 4GL reports to different device types, such as a printer, a file, or your own display. The reports generate a fixed font output.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For details on 4GL reports, refer to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/reports" role="manual">Reports</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem>"Report Script Features" in the <DocRef>ERP LN 6.1 Programmer's Guide</DocRef>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">You can convert 4GL reports to XML report designs. Subsequently, you can enhance the report designs in the Infor Reporting Studio. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/rpt_session_based_reporting" role="manual">Session-based Reporting</Link>
			</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Report Viewer enabled reports</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph class="Default">
                                 ERP LN also supports Report Viewer enabled reports. You can edit these reports in the Reporting Studio Report Designer. When printed, these reports are displayed in the ERP LN Report Viewer.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The Reporting Studio Report Designer offers various useful features. For example, you can:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Add various chart types to your reports, for example pie charts, line charts, and bar charts.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Attach a dialog to a graph, where users can enter selection criteria.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Create crosstab reports that show data in two dimensions, for example: sales per quarter.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph class="Default">For details on the Reporting Studio Report Designer, refer to the Reporting Studio online help.</Paragraph>
		<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><HTML:IMG height="476" width="691" SRC="../images/nt_screen_rpt_overview3.gif" path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/onlinemanual" btb-count="1" btb-count2="1" btb-image-name="nt_screen_rpt_overview3.gif" btb-source-path="C:\SVN\docnl\Technology\EnterpriseServer~8.5\EnterpriseServer" btb-image-path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/images/nt_screen_rpt_overview3.gif" ID="IDABN0AC" alt="[...]" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><FigCaption>Report Preview in Reporting Studio Report Designer</FigCaption>
		</Figure>
		<Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated"><HTML:IMG height="476" width="691" SRC="../images/nt_screen_rpt_overview4.gif" path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/onlinemanual" btb-count="1" btb-count2="1" btb-image-name="nt_screen_rpt_overview4.gif" btb-source-path="C:\SVN\docnl\Technology\EnterpriseServer~8.5\EnterpriseServer" btb-image-path="/enterpriseserver/tools/tt/enterprisestudio/images/nt_screen_rpt_overview4.gif" ID="IDAKN0AC" alt="[...]" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><FigCaption>Report in Reporting Studio Report Designer</FigCaption>
		</Figure>
		<Paragraph class="Default">In the runtime data dictionary, the report designs are stored in XML files with a ".rptdesign" filename extension.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>
                                    Note
                                 </SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph class="Default">The ERP LN Report Viewer only works in combination with WebTop. WorkTop users cannot print Report Viewer enabled reports.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">From the Report Viewer, you can send a report to, among other things, a printer or a PDF file. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/rpt_use_reportviewer" role="manual">To use the Report Viewer</Link>.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph class="Default">Report Viewer enabled reports are created in a report project. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/rpt_create_report_project" role="manual">To create a report project</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Report types</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>You can create 2 types of Report Viewer enabled reports:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Session-based reports. For details , refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/rpt_session_based_reporting" role="manual">Session-based Reporting</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Query-based reports. For details , refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tt/EnterpriseStudio/onlinemanual/rpt_query_based_reporting" role="manual">Query-based Reporting</Link>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>
