Setting up a report rule

Create a report rule to define the report-specific settings and to map variables and keywords to report input fields.

To create a report rule for the Request for Quotation report:

  1. Start the Report Rules (ttrpi2520m000) session.
  2. Add a new report rule for the Request for Quotation report with these properties:
    • Report : tdpur140101002
    • Is Default : Yes
    • Document Type : RFQ
    • Report Server : <empty>
    • Render Format : PDF
  3. Save this record.
    On the Variables tab, a number of variables are created with a blank expression
  4. Specify the expressions or browse and select the correct report input field. This table shows the expressions:
    Expression Specification
    bp tdpur105.otbp
    keyword1 tdpur105.qono
    keyword2 tdpur105.otbp
    keyword3 ""
    keyword4 ""
    purchaseoffice tdpur012.dsca
    receiverfield logname$
    rfq tdpur105.qono
    splitfield tdpur105.qono & tdpur105.otbp
    font.scaling "9"
    show.total.number.of.pages "No"
  5. Click Validate to validate the settings for this report rule.
    Check whether the report rule is validated and compiled successfully.