The report wizard is a tool within the post-processing ribbon that guides the user through the process of creating a report. The report wizard utility, can be used to select entities data to be exported into a Microsoft Word document (.doc).
When the user clicks on this button, a new chart will be displayed:
Every utility that shapes the chart, has the target of performing the report. That is, the user will be able to add whatever information which is required, from a specific result to materials code properties. Buttons from the tab will be analyzed separately:
Configuration
In the "Configuration" menu, the option "Edit document" is available. A new tab will come out, with the view of shaping the head of the report.
Objects
This menu contains the information which shapes the body of the report. It might be possible to add information about the different entities, result files or images. Setting page breaks is also available in order to structure the report depending the user preferences. The next scheme describes the correct use:
In addition to the detailed information about the Rows Configuration panel, in regard to the Results tab, it is remarkable to advice that the "Selection Groups Only" option applies the chosen result type only on the checked selection group. In order to create a new selection group, the available information may be looked through inside the Selection Tools Toolbar chapter.
On the other hand, when the information selection process has been finished, a little summary will appear in the main chart. Following the previous steps, a new Result table, an image, a page break and, by last, a tab which contains some material properties, have been attached to the reports generation chart.
The .py file is very useful due to only by loading or executing it in the script editor, all the entities are turned over the report generation chart.
Finally, once all this process has been fulfilled, the last step consist of generating the report, which is carried out by clicking on the button. This is followed by the creation of the word document with all the attached information. This document is available to be modified depending on the user preferences.
button. This is followed by the creation of the word document with all the attached information. This document is available to be modified depending on the user preferences.