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Introducing Quest Reporter : Creating Custom Report Templates and Favorites : Using Favorites for Frequent Reporting : Creating and Modifying Favorites

Creating and Modifying Favorites
You can create a favorite in any of the following ways:
You can modify a favorite at any time by changing its attributes and filters.
To save a generated report as a favorite
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Select Favorite and click OK.
To create a new favorite
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Right-click Favorites | New | Favorite.
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Click OK.
A Properties dialog box opens for the report template you selected. For more information on report properties, see Creating Custom Report Templates.
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To copy an existing favorite and rename it
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Right-click Favorites and select Manage to open Windows Explorer.
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The new favorite should appear when you select the Favorites node in the Report console. If necessary, press F5 to refresh the view.
To modify a favorite
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In the Properties dialog box you can change the report template name, description, and grouping, modify the options for attributes, filtering, collection, and output, and add or remove objects.
The Attribute and Filter tabs allow you to modify favorites by adding or removing attributes, and by filtering data to meet specific criteria.
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Click OK when you have completed your modifications.