Exporting and Importing Report Definitions

There are a two ways to move reports between consoles: you can publish a report, which makes it available to all users of the server, or you can export a report definition, and then import it to a specific console. You can export a single report or an entire category. When you export a report, all report settings are stored, including the report name, fields, parameter settings, filters, report layout and any queries. The report definition is saved in your chosen folder, with the extension .xrd. To import the report definition, either to another category in your console, or to another console, make the .xrd file available.

Report names can contain characters, such as \ or %, that cannot be used in filenames. In this case, when the exported file is saved, Reporter replaces those characters with underscores.

To export report definitions

1.	Select the reports or categories to export.

2.	Click Export.

3.	In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the appropriate folder and click OK.

If a report with the same name already exists in the selected folder, a confirmation dialog box appears. Select Yes or Yes to All to replace duplicates.

4.

Click OK.

To import report definitions

1.	Select the destination container or category.

2.	Click Import.

3.	In the Open dialog box, navigate to the folder containing the report definition files (.xrd).

4.	Select the reports, and click Open.

If a report with the same name already exists in the selected container or category, a confirmation dialog box appears. Choose Replace or Replace All to replace the report, or choose Create a new copy and the imported report will be renamed by adding an incremental number in brackets after the report name.