Converting Alea Ad-hoc reports to Ad-hoc reports

There are two ways to convert an Alea Ad-hoc report to an Ad-hoc report. You can convert a single, open, report, or you can convert one or more saved reports and specify where they should be stored and whether to keep the original reports.

To convert an Alea Ad-hoc report which is open, select Tools > Convert Alea Ad-hoc Report to Ad-hoc Report in the Extras group on the ribbon.

To convert one or more Alea Ad-hoc report to Ad-hoc reports, with options:

  1. Select Tools > Convertor Dialog in the Extras group on the ribbon.
  2. Click Path and browse to the report or reports to convert, and click Open.
    You can select multiple reports. To save the Ad-hoc report to a different location than the original, clear the Input path=Output path check box and browse to the required location.

    If you do not want to keep the original Alea Ad-hoc report, clear the Keep original files check box.

  3. Select Convert Alea Ad-hoc Report to Ad-hoc Report and click OK.
Selecting or clearing the Convert Alea Ad-hoc Report to Ad-hoc Report option has these results:
Results
Option selected Y or N From To
No Alea Ad-hoc.alv Alea Ad-hoc.xlsx
Ad-hoc.xml Ad-hoc.xlsx
Yes Alea Ad-hoc.alv Ad-hoc.xlsx
Alea Ad-hoc.xlsx Ad-hoc.xlsx
Ad-hoc.xml Ad-hoc.xlsx