Infor10 Distribution Express (FACTS) Report Writer
Infor10 Distribution Express FACTS' Report Writer allows distributors to quickly and easily organize their disparate data files into useful, customized reports..
Create Reports with Ease
The system can easily create reports using the data dictionary to provide extensive access to data files.
- Graphical Windows interface for report design using drag and drop
- Links between related files are established out-of-the-box for your convenience
- Custom data files are supported through custom dictionary maintenance
- Records can be printed side-by-side for standard reports, even when sub-totals are needed
- Data can be selected and sorted or exported into a variety of formats for further analysis, charting, mail merges, etc.
- Control the contents of the report at print time with run-time replacement
- Data may be exported into standard text formats or exported straight to Excel
- Any saved report can be re-executed or edited
- Data can be placed at any column and line position
- Create labels with up to 9
Organize and Manage Data
Report Elements can be used to do more than simply deposit data into a report.
- Records can be selectively printed by using simple relational expressions or more complex expressions which filter the records based on several expressions connected with and /or
- Numeric fields can generate automatic totals or subtotals, averages and percentages or set to print column maximums and minimums
- Begin/End Keywords allow specification of a range for records that are processed in primary or alternate sort file
- Reports can contain data from up to 99 related files and can reference fields –even those not defined in the main report file –from related subsidiary files
- Reports can automatically print the number of records at subtotal and report total points
- Text fields can be set to force upper, lower, proper case or no case conversion, with various date formats are available

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When designing a Prompt mode report, a tab-driven user interface is presented, with access to report header elements as well as fields, break points, sorts, and criteria. |


