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Preview, Print and Export Reports

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Preview a Report

To switch a report to the print preview mode, click the Preview button on the toolbar. You will see your report populated with data and broken down into pages.

Report in preview mode

Note

To learn more about the options available in the print preview mode, refer to the Document Viewer section of this documentation.

When in the Preview mode, you can use toolbar commands to print out your report.

Print toolbar commands

Export a Report

When in the Preview mode, you can export your report to files in different formats.

Export toolbar commands

The following documents describe the basics of report exporting and format-specific export options.

Hide Report Controls in Documents Exported to Specific Formats

You can specify the Can Publish Options setting in the Properties grid to exclude report controls from certain export formats.

CanPublishOptions

The following image illustrates the resulting XLXS document with and without page information:

Resulting XLXS document

Export a Report to PDF with Accessible Tags (PDF/UA Compatibility)

Use the Accessible Role option to specify how report elements should be treated by screen readers in the exported PDF document:

Accessible Role property grid

Set the PDF/UA Compatibility property to PDF/UA-1 to conform the exported PDF document to PDF/UA specification. Then, export the report to PDF format.

Use this table to map report controls to accessibility structure roles in exported PDF files.

The table describes the following:

  • How each control behaves when the Accessible Role property is set to Default.
  • Roles you can assign to ensure that screen readers correctly identify the element’s purpose in the exported PDF document.

Tip

Decorative role means an element is treated as an artifact (outside the tag tree). Use this role only for non-informative visual elements.

Element(s) Default behavior when Accessible Role = Default Role you can specify
Label No semantic role; treated as a Div. Heading
Table No semantic role; treated as a Div. Table
Table Row No semantic role; treated as a Div. Table Header Row
Table Cell Treated as a paragraph (P). Header Cell
Watermark (an image watermark) Treated as an artifact; excluded from the PDF logical structure. Figure
Watermark (a text watermark) Treated as an artifact; excluded from the PDF logical structure. Paragraph
Picture Box, Shape, Bar Code, Zip Code Treated as a Figure. Decorative (Artifact)

The Accessible Description property is not in effect for artifacts.

The following image illustrates the difference between default and specified roles:

Default vs specified accessibility roles