Default Setting for “Report”
In the “Room” tab and in the “Report” section, the time of updating the reports in the rooms, if any changes happen, it indicates in the “Report Refresh Interval” field. For example, the test information is checked every five seconds and if there is any change the report is updated. In this section, by clicking on the “Setting” button a new window named “Report Setting” is opened. In “Item Type” the default settings can be specified to get the report from a specific room or screen.
The elements that can be added to the report by the user are located in the “Report Setting” section of this window. By checking the main option, the user can add all the subsets to their output report. If the user chooses only some of the subsets of the main option, the square sign next to the main option will be displayed as a half-filled square. In the column next to the "Report Setting" section, the user can select HTML or PDF as the format of the report preview.
By clicking on the "Advance" button, the screen is displayed more extensively, and more settings can be applied to the report. By checking each of these categories, their subcategory is opened and the needed settings can be applied. At the top of this screen, there are options used for saving the applied settings and using them again later.
For instance, if “Sequencer” is selected in the “Item Type” and some specific settings are set at default and confirmed, after entering the “Sequencer” room, selecting the “Report View” option from “View” menu and reviewing the “Report Setting” section and then selecting “Load from Template” option, you will see that the same settings are set at default for this section as well. In the "Extra Tools" section, the user is allowed to click on the "Report Generator" button and get a report on the saved test files without needing to open them. After clicking on this button, a screen called "PDF Report Creator" opens. On this screen, the user can select their test files to get a report on by clicking on the “Select Input Files” button. For example, the first two files are selected. The user can, also, by clicking on the “Select Input Folders”, select a folder including several test files. and insert them into the “Files” section. For example, “Vebko Test Files” folder is selected. By clicking on the “Clear” button, the files inserted for getting a report can be removed from the list.
By selecting the “Open Folder after Creating PDF” option in the “Other Setting” section, the folder where the file is saved will be displayed right after the report is made. In the “Output” section, by selecting the “Save Report in File Directory” option, the report files can be saved at the same directory as where the files are imported from. If the “Save all Report to Selected Directory” option is selected, the user can select a specific directory and save all their reports in that directory.
There are two options available in the “Overwrite File” section. In order to clarify this issue with an example, a file is imported for getting a report. By selecting the “Bypass Existing PDFs” option, if they’re already exists a report on a file in the selected directory, the software does not make another report on that file. The appearance of this screen is due to the prior selection of the “Open Folder after Creating PDF” option which can be disabled. By selecting the “Overwrite Existing PDFs”, the new report replaces the previous one.
In the “Report Setting” section, by selecting the “Load Report Setting from File” option, it is specified that for making the reports, the setting from the loaded files should be used. By selecting the “Load Report Setting From Template” option, the settings which are saved in the Template file will be used for making the reports. In the “Device Setting” section, by selecting the “Load Device Setting from File” option, it is specified that for making the reports, the Device setting from the loaded files will be used, while in the same section, by selecting the “Load Device Setting from Template” option the settings which are saved in the Template file will be used for making the reports. By selecting the “Include Test Object Active Test” option in the “Report Setting of Instrument” section, if a report is made on the Instrument test files, the information existing in the “Test Object” tab will be included in the report under any circumstances.
By selecting “Include Last Active Test” option, the previously saved equipment test files and the last performed test which has not been cleared by the user, by selecting “Add to Report” radio-button the report of that test is added to the report as well but if the user has added the test result to the output report, by selecting “Bypass When Added To Report” radio-button, the software does not add the test result to the output report again.
By clicking on the “Remove Signature” button in the “Extra Tools” section on the “Preferences” screen, a new screen named “Remove Signature from Report” appears in which the user can remove the existing signatures from the reports on their desired files. On this screen, by clicking on the “Select Input Files” button, the user selects their files for removing the signature. By clicking on the “Select Input Folder” button, the user can select a folder containing several report files and import all of these files into this list altogether. After the report files have been added to the list, by clicking on the “Modify” button, the existing signatures in the report will be deleted along with the framework around the report as well as the added names to the signature.
