You must define the general report properties, including
the report name and what type of objects to show in the report.
Procedure
- In the Report Builder dialog box,
click Properties.
- Click the General tab.
- Define the general report properties.
- In Name, type a report name.
Ensure that the name is meaningful. The name is listed in System reports
and formats.
- In the Type list, click Change
Request, Task, or Object.
This selection determines the content of the Reportable
Attributes list.
- In the Style list, click Block or Column.
- In the Format list, click the
format for the generated report.
- In the Description box, type
a description of the report.
- Optionally, set up paging.
- Select the Paging check box.
Clear the Paging check box if you
intend to print the report or use it for bulk transitioning. Otherwise,
you must print the report or transition the CRs one page at a time.
- In Items Per Page, type the number
of items.
- To include a reload button on HTML reports, click Reload
Button.
- In Query Limit, type the maximum
number of items to find. If the query result exceeds this limit, the
report is stopped.
- In String Limit, type the maximum
string length of a reported attribute value. Attribute values that
exceed this limit are truncated.
- In the Reportable Attributes list,
select the attributes to display on the report.
The
CR ID, Synopsis, and Description attribute labels are included automatically
in the Attributes in Report list when you create
a report.
For information about attributes, see Creating attributes and Modifying attributes.
- Click Update.