Building and Sharing a Custom Report The FIT Launch Window offers a Report Builder menu option which can be used to build a report from the ground up to meet specialized reporting needs. The following are offered as guidelines in the purpose and use of each Report Builder option available in the creation of custom reports. Building Custom Reports At the FIT Launch Window, select "Report Builder." Actions menu, select "Add Report." Choose "Custom Report." At "New File Name," type a name for the report. At "Rpt Desc," type a description of the report. Press "Enter." To "add lines" to a report: Select the Line Type. Note: There are six line types available. Click on "Add Line." Note: A new line (highlighted in blue) will be added to report on left side of screen and Line Description will be highlighted. Type a description of the line. Note: When using a Comment line type to create a blank line in a report, instead of typing a description press "Del" key on keyboard. Press Enter to update the report Sharing Reports FIT stores report templates as documents in the "ibisfit\fitrpts" directory. The reports must be created using the FIT Report Builder option; FIT will not recognize any other format (i.e.: a Word document). To copy an existing report to a 3.5" disk: Insert a 3.5" disk into drive A:\. Open the "fitrpts" directory within the "ibisfit" directory. Select the desired report. Pointing at the selected report, right click. From the Mouse Menu, select "Send to..." From the secondary menu, select "3-1/2 Floppy (A)." When the copy procedure is completed, remove the disk from the drive. To retrieve a FIT report from a 3.5" disk: Insert the 3.5" disk into drive A:\. Open a directory of drive A:\. Select the desired report. Pointing at the selected report, right click. From the Mouse Menu, select "Copy." Open the "fitrpts" directory within the "ibisfit" directory. Right click From the Mouse Menu, select "Paste." When the paste procedure is completed, remove the disk from the drive.

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