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2 Replies Last post: Jul 2, 2007 10:11 PM by Eric Winquist  
 
Chip Myers
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Jul 2, 2007 9:56 PM

Reporting

We are now beginning to format the final reports. Here are some detailed

formatting needs that we have come up with:

 

1) When I print the srs_left_aligned report as a pdf, the bulleted items display

with question marks in place of the bullet. Could we have the pdf reports print

with bullets on the bulleted items.

 

2) Quotes often are displayed as question marks as well. Can this be corrected?

 

3) When I create for example the srs_left report but for the Use Case group, I

don't want ‘system requirements' in the header but instead ‘Use Cases'. Can I

have a similar report but for Use Cases, Risks, and the other top-level groups?

 

Also,

could we have in the footer:

 

1)    ‘Page' before the page number (left justified is fine)

 

2)    The Title of the document (right justified line 1)

 

3)    The timestamp of when the report was generated (right justified line 2)

 

That would be ideal. Let me know if anything is not clear. If I can create my own

reports please email me instructions. If you have already emailed instructions

would you please be so kind as to resend.

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Chip Myers
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1. Jul 2, 2007 9:57 PM in response to: Chip Myers
Re: Reporting

PS -

 

1)    Is it possible in the reports to not have requirements split by page breaks?

 

2)    Is it possible to include in the requirements a printout of the attached pdf? Or

do I have to print these each separately?

 

3)    Is it possible to create a glossary report?

Eric Winquist  
Eric Winquist
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2. Jul 2, 2007 10:11 PM in response to: Chip Myers
Re: Reporting

Here is some follow up info on your reporting questions...

 

1 & 2 - It sounds like the character set isn't set correct for reporting.  We'll look at that and see about getting it resolved.  They should display correctly.

 

3 - Good point, I've added an enhancement to change the report title to display the name of the group it's pulling data from

 

4 - Those sound like good general additions to the report.  I've logged an enhancement to add those to the report.

 

Page breaks - we'll look into the page break setting. 

 

Including attachments within a report:  There currently isn't a way to print the contents of an attachment within a report so these would need to be printed separately.  One workaround would be to include an image of the PDF, though likely would be quite large, within the requirement details.  We do this sometimes for diagrams and pictures.

 

We have a glossary report though I don't believe it's part of the default set of reports.  I'll make sure that's added to Contour OnDemand and let you know when it's available.

 

You can create your own reports and we'd be happy to set up a few minutes to walk through the designer setup.  You can find initial instructions at www.jamasoftware.net - scroll down to the reports section for links to download the report designer.  You'll want to also install a local copy of Contour to have a database to build reports against.  Once created they can be uploaded to Contour and shared with your team.

 

The changes you've requested make sense so I'll get these scheduled and let you know when to expect them updated on the hosted server.  Look for an email from me tomorrow.

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