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== Before You Start ==

 

== How To Create a New Project==

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|1.''Click'' '''Reports>New Report With Wizard. || This will launch the Report Wizard that will walk you through creating a new report. [[File:New Report Wizard.png|thumb|New Report Wizard]]
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|2. Select if you would like to create a Standard Report or a Label Report. || A Standard Report will be used to display equipment, Sysnames, Cable Numbers, Input and Output Ports etc. A Label Report is used to print labels of various sorts (cable labels, Sysname labels, equipment lables etc). [[File:Select Report Type.png|thumb|Select Report Type]]
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|3. You will now need to select what data collection you would like WireCAD to collect for your report. || The data can be any information that WireCAD has associated with this project such as you Cables Collection, Global Equipment Collection, Project Signal Types Collection etc.  [[File:Select Data.png|thumb|Select Data]]
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|4. Now you need to select the columns you would like to display in your report. || The columns are going to be the specific info about the collection you selected. Example: If you chose the Cables Collection, you will now need to decided if you would like to include the cable type, Source System, Destination System, Signal Type etc. [[File:Column Selection.png|thumb|Column Selection]]
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|5. Next you will need to choose if you would like to add any grouping levels. || Grouping splits data into groups based on identical field values. You can specify several grouping fields at the same level to perform multiple grouping. [[File:Grouping Levels.png|thumb|Grouping Levels]]
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|6. Now you will need to select how you would like to layout your report. || This includes the orientation (Portrait or Landscape) as well as a Columnar, Tabular or Justified Layout. [[File:Report Layout.png|thumb|Report Layout]]
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|7. You need to choose what '''Report Style''' you would like. || The reports style specifies the appearance of your report. [[File:Report Style.png|thumb|Report Style]]
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|8. Create a title for your report. || This is what will show as the heading on all pages of your report. [[File:Report Title.png|thumb|Report Title]]
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|9. Click finish. || WireCAD will now create a report based on the information you specified. [[File:Final Report.png|thumb|Final Report]]


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