Report Builder
The Report Builder provides a means for users to filter the specified criteria for a Windchill report, and enter input parameters as needed. Specified report criteria can also be saved by site and organization administrators for later re-use.
The Report Builder is launched when a Windchill report is run, whether by viewing a report from the Reports table or report information page, or by generating a report from the Report Manager or from within Query Builder. (If a custom input page has been defined for the report, that input page displays instead of the Report Builder, and the output is displayed in the specified output format, rather than in the Results Table.)
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Reports created for Windchill Business Reporting always run in the Windchill Business Reporting interface.
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The Report Builder is made up of two parts:
• Criteria
• Results Table
Criteria
The fields displayed on the Criteria pane are determined by how the report template is defined in the Query Builder, and are used as filtering criteria for the report. Attributes specified on the Select or Constrain tab of the report template in the Query Builder display as criteria, depending on the properties specified for the attribute. An attribute can be either a column, object, report view attribute, constant, keyword, database function, Java method, or parameter value. The criteria can be further grouped into sections by specifying section headers and dividers, also on the Select or Constrain tab. Sections can be expanded and collapsed for easier navigation. The section names are also available as shortcut links at the top of the Criteria pane.
By default, the Criteria pane is collapsed when a report is generated. To change the specified criteria after generating the report, or to save the currently specified criteria for future use, expand the Criteria pane by clicking the collapsed bar on the left side of the window.
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Click the pin icon in the Criteria pane title bar to keep the pane expanded. Click the icon again to allow the pane to collapse.
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Results Table
Each field selected in the Criteria pane displays as a column in the Results Table. The report can be exported in various formats by selecting the desired output type under the Export List to File action in the Actions menu.
Charts can be created to graphically display the report output by clicking the New Chart icon 
in the Results Table toolbar, or by selecting the New Chart action from the table Actions menu. Select the desired display options, and click Add Chart to Table. Any charts added to the Results Table are saved along with the saved report when a report is saved from the Criteria pane. Users can also save charts for a specific report, without creating a saved report from the criteria pane. Such saved charts are available from the Saved Charts drop-down list on the New Chart window the next time that the user views that report. If data required by the chart is not available in the report output (for example, if the Name column is included in the saved chart, but not included in the present report results) that saved chart name is disabled in the drop-down list. Hovering your mouse pointer over a disabled chart name displays the missing column required to display the chart. Charts are not currently exported when exporting report results.
in the Results Table toolbar, or by selecting the New Chart action from the table Actions menu. Select the desired display options, and click Add Chart to Table. Any charts added to the Results Table are saved along with the saved report when a report is saved from the Criteria pane. Users can also save charts for a specific report, without creating a saved report from the criteria pane. Such saved charts are available from the Saved Charts drop-down list on the New Chart window the next time that the user views that report. If data required by the chart is not available in the report output (for example, if the Name column is included in the saved chart, but not included in the present report results) that saved chart name is disabled in the drop-down list. Hovering your mouse pointer over a disabled chart name displays the missing column required to display the chart. Charts are not currently exported when exporting report results.For more information on charting, see About Charting.
Tables can be configured in different ways. For more information on tables, see Using Tables.