Saving and Printing Report Data

Report data can be saved, printed, and distributed in a number of ways:

HTML—After the report is displayed, it can be saved as an HTML file right from the browser window.

To save report data in:

Select File | Save As in the browser.
Enter a name under which to save file.
Select the type of file to save report as (e.g., HTML) for Save as type.
Browse in the Save In dialog to choose where on the local machine to save the file.
Click the Save button.

Select File | Save Page As...
Select “All Files” for “Save as type”.
Enter a name to save file as in File name, and include the .html extension in the name. For example, to save the report as “My Report”, the name should be “My Report.html”.
Use “Save In” to choose where to save the file.
Click the “Save” button.

Text File—If Export is chosen for report style, report data is saved to your local machine. After you click GO, a Save As dialog box is displayed. Select where on your local machine or network to save the file and click Save.
Printing—Reports can be printed right from the browser. Select File | Print to display the browser’s Print dialog box. If the report is wider than the screen, choose Landscape orientation. There are certain functions of the browser that BMC FootPrints Service Core cannot override. For example, page breaks cannot be controlled when printing directly from the browser (this is a function of HTML). In addition, for very wide reports, some text on the right may be cut off by the printer, even when printing in Landscape mode. To compensate, if the Description or other multi-line text field is included in the report, use the Description Wrapping feature to force the text to wrap more narrowly. For example, instead of wrapping at 70 characters (the default), try 50 characters. If text is still being cut off, we recommend trying the Wrapped report and inserting line breaks, or using the Export option.
Auto Run Reports—Saved report templates can be run automatically, with the output emailed to a defined set of users and saved to the server. Please refer to Auto Run Reports for more information.