Using the Text Editor to edit or add a report

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To edit an existing report that requires a text editor, use the Edit <report name>: Text Mode dialog. You can then run your report, and display the output on screen, print it, or save it to a file.

If a report contains one or more of the following commands, you must use a text editor to change it:

Any report can be edited using the Text Editor even if the report content does not mandate its use.

Overview of editing report information

•Overview of editing a report in text mode

•Editing or adding global report information

•Editing a report in text mode

•Report name, description, and ID: see Text mode: Editing the report name, description, and ID

•Columns and column layout: see Text mode: Editing the printed report column and column layout

•Extraction criteria: see WHERE command

•Body layout: see Text mode: Editing the report body layout

•Sort criteria: see Text mode: Editing the report sort criteria

•Duplicating a report

•Deleting a report

•Running a report