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Handling a Report
Displaying a report chart in full page 
You can display a chart from a report in full page. With this display you cannot:
• edit the report
• view the list of objects contained in a part of the chart at the same time (it is displayed in the edit zone below the chart)
To display the chart in full page: click Display in full page on the top right corner of the chart.
*To exit the full page mode, click Exit full page mode .
Displaying a report in a new tab 
You can open a report in a new tab. That way you can keep, in parallel, several reports.
To display a report in a new tab:
1. Access the reports.
2. Hover the mouse over of the report name and click Open in a new tab .
You can then display several reports in multiple tabs.
Updating a report 
Some reports may contain snapshots that save the input parameters and enable to reproduce the results of a report quickly when it is refreshed.
When the report has a snapshot, a message (at the top of the report) specifies the date of the latest generation of the report as well as the time required for generation.
If the data contained in the list of objects changes, you must refresh the report to take these changes into account.
*In case of an instant report generated from a Report DataSet, you must regenerate the Report DataSet, then launch an instant report for the modifications to be taken into account.
To update a report:
1. Access the report.
2. In the report toolbar, click Refresh the report .
The report is updated.
Getting the list of objects contained in a report part 
You can get the list of objects contained:
• bubble chart: in a bubble
• bar chart: in a bar of a series
• pie chart: in a section of the chart
• heatmap: in a cell of the map
• word cloud: in a tag
• Matrix:: in a cell
To get the list of objects making up part of the chart:
1. Access the report.
2. Click the chart part concerned.
*In a bubble chart, hover the mouse over the bubble and click Set of objects, click to view details.
*In a chord diagram, click the chord and then Click to view details .
The list of objects included in this part is displayed bellow the chart.
*If you report is displayed in full page, it hides the object list.
In the list, you can click:
*The functionalities available depend on the desktop on which you are working
• Instant Report , to generate an instant report for the series.
• Excel , to export the elements of the series in .xlsx format.
*You can also display the properties of an object in the list, see Displaying the properties of an object contained in a report.
Displaying the properties of an object contained in a report 
In a report, you can access object properties of:
• objects displayed in the chart
Ex.: in a table, a matrix, a graph, a breakdown map, a tree map.
• objects making up a part of the chart
Ex.: in a pie chart, bar chart, bubble chart, heatmap, word cloud.
Table - Matrix - Graph - Breakdown map - Tree map
To display the properties of an object contained in a report:
*In the chart, click the object.
The object properties are displayed in the Properties window.
E.g.: in a Table, click the object in a cell of the table.
E.g.: in a Matrix, click the object in a column/row header.
E.g.: in a graph
Pie chart - Bar chart - Bubble chart - Heatmap - Word cloud
In a report, to display the properties of an object making up a chart part:
1. In the chart, click the relevant part.
E.g.: in a pie chart.
2. In the list of results, select the object.
Its property window displays on the right of the instant report.
*To open the properties in a new tab, hover the cursor over the Local Name field of the element and click Open in a new tab .
Printing a Report 
To print the content of a report:
1. Open the report.
2. In the report toolbar, click Print the report .
Exporting a Report 
You can export the report content in RTF or Excel format.
*To hide the export buttons on report chapters, see Managing Report Options.
Exporting a report in RTF format 
To export the entire content of the report in RTF format:
1. Open the report.
2. In the report menu bar, click More > RTF .
*The first time you open a separate window, your navigator may request authorization to open unexpected windows. If this is the case, accept.
The report opens in MS Word.
Exporting a report in Excel format 
You can export certain report data in Excel format.
This feature is available for Java report chapters but does not apply to VB or VBScript reports.
*For more details on macros, see HOPEX Power Studio - Report Studio documentation.
By default, the export generates an .XLSX file. To generate the report in .XLS format, see Managing Report Options.
Excel export limitations:
• Certain charts such as the Gantt chart are not supported.
• Views of over three dimensions are not processed.
To export the content of the Excel format report:
1. Open the report.
2. To export:
• the content of the full report: in the report page, click Plus > Excel .
• the content of a specific report chapter: at the title level, click Excel
*The first time you open a separate window, your navigator may request authorization to open unexpected windows. If this is the case, accept.
The generated file presents one Excel sheet per chapter bearing the name of the chapter if there is one, or by default the name of the report type followed by a number (starting with 1).