A set of pre-written reports that you can run without editing are provided with System Architect. By default, when you open the Report Generator from the main menu, you see a set of reports that are part of the report definition file, REPORTS.RPT.

Add a new report to the current report definition file. You must provide a name for the report, and select the criteria you want to report on.

In the Reports dialog with or without a list of reports displayed, click Add.

Change a report. You can also use the Duplicate button (see below) to make a copy of an existing report.

Copy a report, adding “.1” (or “.2, or “.3”, and so on) to the end of the name.

You can accept the default Report Editor, or you can specify a different one: click Report > Edit Report or Report > Text Edit Report.

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

In the Reports dialog, select a report from the list, and then click Edit.

If a warning dialog displays (see Use Text Editor dialog), click Use Text Editor.

If you prefer to use a third-party text editor such as Microsoft Notepad or Microsoft Wordpad, open the report definition (.RPT) file you want to edit in that application.