Report

Generates a preformatted report that contains VI documentation, data the VI returns, and report properties, such as the author, company, and number of pages.


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Dialog Box Options

Option Description
Report Information Contains the following options:
  • Report title—

    Specifies the title of the report.

  • Author name—

    Specifies the author of the report.

  • Company name—

    Specifies the name of the company.

  • Operator name—

    Specifies the name of the operator who generated the data for the report.

  • Report print date—

    Includes the date of the report.

  • Report print time—

    Includes the time of the report.

  • Page number—

    Includes the current page number of the report.

  • Total pages—

    Includes the total number of pages of the report.

    This option prints the total number of pages in the following formats:
    • (Word 2000, XP, and 2003) Page x of n
    • (Word 2007) x/n
  • VI documentation (appendix)—

    Includes the VI documentation in an appendix.

  • Comments—

    Includes comments to append to the report information.
Data Input 1 Contains the following options:
  • Title—

    Specifies the title for the data.

  • Include graph (data input 1)—

    Specifies whether to include a graph with the data.

  • Y-axis label—

    Specifies the label for the y-axis.

  • Include table—

    Specifies whether to include a table with the data.
Data Input 2 Contains the following options:
  • Include graph (data input 2)—

    Specifies whether to include a graph with the data.

  • Title—

    Specifies the title for the data.

  • Y-axis label—

    Specifies the label for the y-axis.

  • Include table—

    Specifies whether to include a table with the data.
Destination

Specifies where to send the report. You can export the report to a Microsoft Word document or a Microsoft Excel worksheet, print to a printer, or save the report in HTML format for use on a Web page.
Path to save report

Path where you want to save the report.

Inputs/Outputs

  • cerrcodeclst.png error in (no error) —

    Describes error conditions that occur before this node runs.

  • cstr.png Additional Comments —

    Includes additional comments to append to the report information.

  • cexpdynwdt.png Signal 1 —

    Specifies the input signal or signals for Data Input 1.

  • cexpdynwdt.png Signal 2 —

    Specifies the input signal or signals for Data Input 2.

  • cbool.png Enabled? —

    Enables or disables the Express VI. The default is TRUE.

  • ipath.png Saved Report Path —

    Returns the path where this Express VI saves the report.

  • ierrcodeclst.png error out —

    Contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality.