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Report Designer Example: Creating a Letter Response to a CA/PA Record
The letter can be built in the following stages:
Creating a Blank Report
The first Stage is to create a Blank Report, this must be created from a CAPA Record to load the appropriate data collections.
- Open any CAPA Record
- Click [File], then [Report Designer]
- When Report Designer opens, click [File], then [New], then [Empty]. This creates a Blank Report
- Select the Label Control from the Standard Control box and place in the Top Right Corner of the Detail Band (Alternatively Drag & Drop)
- Double Click the new Label and enter your Organisations Address
- Select the Table Control from the Standard Control Box and place on the Left Side of the Detail Band
- Drag the Table to the Full Width of the screen
- In the Report Explorer Pane, Right Click [TableCell2], and click [Delete]
- Repeat for [TableCell3]
- Next Right Click [tableCell1], then select [Insert], then [Row Below]
- Repeat until you have 10 Rows
- From the Toolbox, select the [Date Printed On] Special Field and add to tableCell1 (Stretching the Field to fit the Cell)
- Delete the 'tableCell2' and 'tableCell9' text, leaving a blank Cell
- Select and apply each of the Raising Against Customer fields as below
- Enter you letter text in tableCell10 dragging the [Recipient] field, and optional [Resolution] field into the text body as below.
Note the [Recipient] field is a Calculated Field which shows the Raised By Person in the format Firstname Lastname, you can find more information on creating a Calculated Field in this article
- Click [Preview] to generate the Letter