Features

• Direct excel report
• Direct OpenOffice Calc report
• Word report use the PULSE Report Organizer
• Automatic generation of PDF reports
• ASCII Export

System requirements

• Windows XP
• .NET Framework 3.5, Service Pack 1 (included into Full-Installer)
• Microsoft Office 2003
• OpenOffice 3.x
• PULSE 13
• PDF Creator (a separate installer can be downloaded)

Installation of the component for the PULSE PC

Please double click on the MTPulseReporter.exe program and follow the installation instructions.

Insert the component into a PULSE project

• Please open the component organizer with a click on the toolbar icon or use the short cut ctrl+9
• Chose a Component Group (eg. Tools) and use a right click to open the menu.
• Please select insert and than the browse button.
• You can now select the component from the list and insert it with a click on O.K. into the current project.
• (Hint: Select the first item and press the first letter of the component you want to insert. The marker will jump to the component that matches the first letter.)
• After that the component is now inserted into the Component Group. To activate the component please double click on the component name. The component is inserted into the current Task. If it needed that the component is shown on more than one task this step must be done for every task.

Manual

Word Report Tab

The table lists configured reports available from the PULSE Report Organizer, which can be toggled by the toolbar icon or by keyboard short cut ctrl+8. To setup Word Reports here, please hit the F1 key
and follow the PULSE Help. Select one or more Reports from the table by check mark.

The file names are automatically suggested but can be changed by the user. To automatically label the reports created the following auto tag can be used: [Time Stamp] fills in the actual time like YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss, e.g. [Time Stamp]MyReport leads to a filename like "2008-11-28T16-35-22-MyReport".

Excel Report Tab

The functions to be exported to the selected Excel template (see Settings) have to be selected in the table: First select a Function Group and then the Function to be exported itself.

In the column “Excel Worksheet” the worksheet of the Excel Template to be filled with the data is allocated by keying in its name as it exists in the Excel Worksheet. There a re different scenarios according to the entries made. "auto" will internally generate a name basing on the Function Group and Function name. An user entered name will use that name for the Worksheet. In both cases a Worksheet is created if it is not exists in the Excel template.

If a Worksheet "MetaData" exists in the Excel template than it will be filled out with the current time and date of the report creation.

The PULSE function data will be filled in the corresponding Excel Worksheets at cell A1.

Existing Excel Worksheet having different names than ones in the MT PULSE Reporter table will stay untouched.

ASCII Export Tab

The functions to be exported to the setup location (see Settings) have to be selected in the table: First select a Function Group and then the Function to be exported itself.

With the column type is it possible to specify the export type for the PULSE function.

OpenOffice Calc Report Tab

The functions to be exported to the selected OpenOffice Calc template (see Settings) have to be selected in the table: First select a Function Group and then the Function to be exported itself.

In the column "Worksheet" the worksheet of the Template to be filled with the data is allocated by keying in its name as it exists in the Worksheet. There a re different scenarios according to the entries made. "auto" will internally generate a name basing on the Function Group and Function name. An user entered name will use that name for the Worksheet. In both cases a Worksheet is created if it is not exists in the template.

If a Worksheet "MetaData" exists in the template than it will be filled out with the current time and date of the report creation.

The PULSE function data will be filled in the corresponding  Worksheets at cell A1.

Existing Worksheet having different names than ones in the MT PULSE Reporter table will stay untouched.

Word Report Settings

Decision if reporting shall be executed when pushing the "Generate Report" button.

Toggle PULSE Report Organizer for setting up the Word Report Template.

Decide if PDF-Copies shall be made when creating the Word Report.

The "Output directory" is the location where the Word and the PDF Report are saved.

Excel Report Settings

Decision if reporting shall be executed when pushing the "Generate Report" button.

Selection of the Excel template, the report shall be created basing on.

Decide if PDF-Copies shall be made when creating the Excel Report. The MT PULSE Reporter expects a worksheet "Report", which will be printed to PDF. If not existing, it will print the last open worksheet at the time of the template creation.

The "Output directory" is the location where the Excel and the PDF Report are saved.

The "Filename" specify a template for the Report-Filename. Allowed templates are the following: [TimeStamp] will be replaced with the current date and time.

ASCII Export Settings

Decision if export shall be executed when pushing the "Generate Report" button.

With the Type Listbox is it possible to set the default Export type of the ASCII Report.

The "Output directory" is the location where the ASCII Reports are saved.

OpenOffice Calc Export Settings

Decision if reporting shall be executed when pushing the "Generate Report" button.

Selection of the Excel template, the report shall be created basing on.

Decide if PDF-Copies shall be made when creating the report. The MT PULSE Reporter expects a worksheet "Report", which will be printed to PDF. If not existing, it will print the last open worksheet at the time of the template creation.

The "Output directory" is the location where the Excel and the PDF Report are saved.

The "Filename" specify a template for the Report-Filename. Allowed templates are the following: [TimeStamp] will be replaced with the current date and time.

Developer documentation

The MT PULSE Reporter component has a COM Interface. So it is possible for other programs to start a report generation. The MTReportGeneratorWithoutPDM DLL must be included into your project and the following methods are accessible:

• AddMetaData(String Key, String Value) The meta data are used for the Excel report and added onto the worksheet MetaData.
• RemoveMetaData(String Key)
• GetMetaDataKeys() The result value is a String Array that includes the meta data key names.
• GenerateReport() The result value is a Boolean that indicates the success of the report generation.