Importing and Exporting Report Templates

If you are an administrator working in a distributed Reporter environment, you may need to share report templates with your colleagues.

To create and export a report template

1.	Right-click a report template, then select Export.

2.	Click Next.

3.	Click Browse to select the directory where you want to save the report template, then click Next.

The report file name format uses a .qxr extension.

4.	Click Finish.

To import a report template

1.	Right-click a report container, then select Import.

2.	Click Next.

3.	Click Add.

4.	Browse to the directory where the file is located.

5.	Select the file, then click Open.

Attributes contained in the report template that you are importing may not reside in your database. You cannot continue until the attributes are removed or the report template is removed.

To remove invalid attributes, right-click the report template, select Properties, then click Remove.

You can add attributes to your database using the configuration utility. For more information, see Adding Attributes for Customized Report Templates.

6.	Click Next.

7.	Select the categories where you want to save the report template, then click Next.

8.	Review the settings, then click Finish.