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Viewing a Report
The process for viewing a report varies depending on whether the report was created for use with Windchill Business Reporting or if it was created in Windchill. Reports created in Windchill open in the WindchillReport Builder. Reports created for use with Windchill Business Reporting display in the Windchill Business Reporting viewer and offer additional options.
To view a report:
From the Reports table, click the report name, the view report icon , or select View Report from the right-click actions menu for the report you want to view.
From the report information page, select View Report from the Actions menu.
Viewing Reports Created for Windchill
For reports created in Windchill, specify your criteria on the Criteria pane of the Report Builder, and click Generate. For more information, see Using the Report Builder
Viewing Reports Created for Windchill Business Reporting
For reports created for use with Windchill Business Reporting, continue with the following procedure:
1. If prompted, enter any input parameters for the report. If there is more than one input page for the report, click Next and Back to move between the input pages.
2. Click Finish.
The Windchill Business Reporting window opens and displays the report once the query has finished processing.
Some reports may take a significant amount of time to run, depending on the amount of data involved and the demands on your system. If you do not want to wait for the report to finish processing, you can choose one of the available delivery options.
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If you are using the Internet Explorer 8 browser, you must disable the XSS filter to successfully run Windchill Business Reporting reports. Use the following procedure:
a. From Internet Explorer 8, select Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level
b. In the Security Settings window, ensure that the value of the Scripting > Enable XSS filter option is Disable.
c. Click OK.