The reporting of so-called "source project data" takes place in a project that is currently open, the "report project". In the Templates tab on the report project, you state the source project from where the data come.
For any subsequent reports, the source project is opened for reading in the background for the duration of the report, the data is read and the reports are generated in the report project.
Notes:
- When generating reports the master data (forms, symbol libraries etc.) and settings for the project currently open - i.e. the report project - are always used in EPLAN.
- The connections are updated automatically before a connection list is generated in a "normal" project. When the connection list is output in the report project, the connections are not updated automatically! If the current connection list of a source project is to be output in a report project, the connections must first be updated in the relevant source project.
Preconditions:
- You have opened and selected a project.
- You have assigned a form to the desired report type.
- You have specified all the desired settings in the dialog Settings: Output to pages.
Create source project in new report template
- Select the following commands: Tab Tools > Command group Reports > Generate.
- In the Reports - <Project name> dialog, click
(New). - Select the output format "Page" from the Output format field of the Select report dialog.
- Click [...] next to the Source project field.
- So select another project as the source project, select the project and click on [Open].
- Select a report type in the Select report dialog and click [OK].
- Click [OK] in the Settings - <Report type> dialog.
- Enter a start page in the subsequent dialog and click [OK].
The report is generated.
Create source project for individual templates in existing report template
- In the Reports - <Project name> dialog, select the Templates tab.
- In the hierarchical tree structure, branch to the templates to which you want to assign a source project.
- In the right-hand dialog area, click [...] in the Value column of the Source project property,
- Select the project that is to be assigned as the source project and click [Open]. The project is written into the Value column of the Source project property and assigned to the templates.
Create source project for entire project in existing report template
- In the Reports - <Project name> dialog, select the Templates tab.
- Select the project for which a source project is to be determined and select the Source project > Select source project popup menu items.
- Select the project that is to be assigned as the source project and click [Open]. The project is written into the Value column of the Source project property for all templates and assigned to them.
Remove entered source project
- In the Reports - <Project name> dialog, select the Templates tab.
- In the tree of the Templates tab, select a certain tree structure level (a project name, a report type such as "Parts list", etc.), and select the Source project > Remove entered source project popup menu items. The project is removed from the Value column of the Source project property for all templates of the selected tree structure level.
See also
Assigning a Form to a Report Type