Ordered Reports

The Custom Ordered Report allows the operator to control the printing sequence of features within Geomet 301. For example, the report may be constructed to place similar features together, without regard when they were originally added to the inspection report. In normal reports, the features are printed in the same order they were added to the inspection.

Once the inspection has been completed, the operator can then activate the Ordered Report tool. This can be accomplished from the main drop down menus:

[File→Custom Reports→Report Control Order]

The report organization tool will appear as shown in figure 1.

figure 1, Report Control Order

This tool is organized into a selection list of the current inspection on the left side, and a ordered list found on the right side.

figure 2, Report Control Order Display

To add a feature to the display list, highlight that feature in the left list and press the Append >> button. For example, feature number 75 is highlighted in the left list and once the Append button is pressed, it copies to the right list on the bottom, see figure 2. An optional method to append an entry to the ordered list is to highlight the feature in the left list, then double-left click with the mouse.

figure 3, Report Control Order Insert Option

To add a feature at a specified location in the ordered list can be accomplished by using the Insert command. To perform an insert, highlight a feature in the right list, which will add the insertion mark between the highlighted feature and the previous feature, see figure 3.

To complete the insert, select a feature from the left list and press the Insert >> button. After the insert has taken place, the highlight and insert mark will clear from the right list. When there is no insert mark displayed, the insert command will act similar to the append command.

To remove an entry in the right list, highlight the feature and press the <Remove> button.

This command will clear all entries from the right list.

The ordered list can be saved to the current inspection by selecting Save List. The saving of the list is important should you want to print the report directly from the inspection process during a part run. By default, the ordered list is not saved with the part inspection.

Pressing this button will read into the right list the previously saved listing.

When checked a program step is added your inspection report to automatically build and print the ordered report. Only one ordered report can be added to the inspection report.

This check works with features that previously have been tagged for custom printing using the Print Exception function. The setting of this option is saved with the record. It works with the Print Now and Print at End of Inspection functions.

This command will print an ordered report based on the current displayed list. For example, you may have a saved ordered list, but you require a new list to print just a few features. Clear the right list <Clear All> and build a new list. Press Print Now and Geomet will print a new report on demand, see example.