Previewing and Running Reports

To see what your report looks like before you deploy or print it, you can preview it by running the report and then viewing it. You can then make changes to the design and preview it again if required, before printing it to whichever printer or printers the reports administrator has given you access.

  1. From the File menu, click on Preview Report. Report Designer retrieves the data for the report then displays the Report Preview tabbed page with any data selection parameters you have set.
  2. To view the report, click Run at the top of the Report Parameters page.
  3. To preview the report as a different user, select Preview As. This displays the Login dialog where you can log in as a different user. This is useful if you need to check how the report may look in another language or validate that data access groups have been applied correctly.