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To import a template

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, click Image Modified. The Select Location dialog will appear.

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1. Selecting the location to import a template.

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2. Select a Report Wizard template with the filename extension *.mrzip and click Image Modified. The following Message dialog will open.

   
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   The Message dialog of a successful import.

To export a template

1. In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click Image Modified. The Select Location dialog will open.

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1. Selecting a location to export the template.

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2. Select a directory or folder location in which you want to export the template.

3. Type the filename and click Image Modified. The Message dialog will open.

4. Click Image Modified.

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1. The Message dialog of successful export.

To open a template file in the default editor

• In the Report Wizard dialog, select a template and click Image Modified. The template file will open in the default editor.

Working with a template variable

A template contains variables and their values. You can create a new template variable, and modify or delete an existing template variable in the Template Variable dialog. You cannot modify the variables of a built-in template. You can only create or modify a template variable of a user-created template.

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The Template Variable dialog.

The Template Variable dialog, contains the following:    

• Variable pane: This pane consists of a table in which the first column is the variable name, the second column is the variable value, and also includes a report description field. You can view and directly edit the value of a selected variable in the second column.
• Control buttons: Image Modified and Image Modified.

The following instructions explain how to manage the variables of a template.

To create a template variable

1. Select a template in the Report Wizard dialog and click Image Modified. The Template Variable dialog will open.

2. Click Image Modified. The New Variable dialog will appear.

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   Creating a new variable in the New Variable dialog.

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2. Enter the variable name (no space between characters) and description.

3. Select an owner for this new variable from the Owner drop-down list (optional).

4. Click Image Modified. You will see the newly-created variable’s name and value in the Variable pane.

5. In the Template Variables dialog, click Image Modified.

To modify a variable value in

the Template Variable dialog

1. Select a template in the Report Wizard dialog, and click Variable to open the Template Variable dialog.

2. Double-click the Variable value column and modify the value in the column.

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1. Editing a variable value in the Template Variable dialog.

To modify a value in the Template Variable value dialog

1. Double-click the Variable value column in the Variable pane in the Template Variable dialog, and click the Image Modified button. The Variable value dialog will open.

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1. Editing a variable value in the Variable value dialog.

   
   

2. To modify the variable value, you can enter the value of a report variable either in plain text or HTML by selecting the HTML check box in the Variable Value dialog.

   
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   Entering a report variable value in HTML.

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2. Click Image Modified. 
3. When you finish modifying variables and their values in the Template Variable dialog, click either Image Modified to confirm the changes or Image Modified to discard them.

To delete a variable

1. Select a variable in the Template Variable dialog and click Image Modified. The Question dialog will appear prompting you to confirm before deleting the selected variable.

2. Click Image Modified to delete the selected variable.

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1. Deleting a variable

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