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The Report Writer is a powerful system that enables a user to create a wide range of user-definable reports or labels, quickly and easily.
Once created these reports or labels may be copied or amended and then printed or viewed on the screen using powerful print and enquiry facilities. The system also enables any report or label to be written to a file which may then be used as input to spreadsheet, word processing or other environmental software.
The Report Writer is able to access all data files, enabling the user to create unique reports or labels, not catered for by the standard reports. These reports or labels may be of an ad hoc nature or more permanent reports that are used daily, weekly, or monthly.
The system uses a dictionary in which all files and their fields are defined, with their relationship to one another. Using this dictionary as a base, the user writes a report using screen-based interactive tools.
Fields within a report or label may be retrieved from the dictionary and used directly, or as part of a calculation, or have selection criteria applied to them or even used as a lookup key into other files. These facilities require no knowledge of either a programming or procedure language.
These are the major Report Writer features.
- Access to all files
Each report has access to all files in the database.
- Multiple total levels
User defined total levels.
- User definable defaults and parameters
Complex and standard set-ups can be retained for default use.
- Multi-line & multi-column reports
Up to 9 lines and 100 columns per output format.
- Quick/easy report creation
Using step-by-step selection options.
- Password security
Security is provided at system, file and field level.
- Complex multiple file reports
With full master file/transaction file relationship.
- Multiple selection criteria
Extensive selection criteria are available on each field.
- File look-up
While reporting on one file, data may be extracted from other system files.
- No programming knowledge required
Reports are created using step-by-step prompting.
- Unlimited number of reports
Reports may be grouped and named for an effective report management system.
- Pre-defined file and field dictionary
A well-documented English-like dictionary is provided, which may be modified to suit additional file requirements.
- Full arithmetic capability
The user may create his own formulae and perform arithmetic on numeric fields and constants.
- Rounding or truncation of numeric fields
May be selected per field.
- User definable display/output formats
To improve representation and interfacing of output data.
- User defined totalling
Incorporating normal, average or user calculated totals.
- Extensive utilities
Including report copying, dictionary reorganisation, etc.
- User defined break conditions
With line and page break options.
- User references to special words
For example date, end-of-file, skip, special registers, etc.
- Creation of user defined Index files
In order to create additional sequences or views.
- Range selection
From-to ranges at report print & enquiry time.
- Data file input/output
Provision to output to or read from non-system files.
- Independent text positioning
Information text may be positioned anywhere on the report.
- Summary reports
Reports may be printed in detail or summary (totals only).
- All files are present in an ordered state
No interim sorting or reorganisation required.
- No compiling of programs or reports
Once a report is created it can be run immediately.
- Interim & work fields
Including calculated fields, lookup fields and variable fields.
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