Geography Reference
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35. Starting with the first question: In the Layer/Table drop-down menu, pick the table name that you
wrote in the blank in the step before the last two steps. Move all the available fields to the Report
Fields area by clicking the right-pointing double arrow. Now move the OID field back by highlighting
it and using the left-pointing single arrow, since you don't want it in the table. Click Next.
36. We don't want to add any grouping layers (used for more complex data), so we will skip the second
question by clicking Next. The third question is on sorting. Select DIAMETER from the drop-down
menu and make sure the Sort column reads Ascending (which is the default). Click Next.
37. The defaults in the Layout query are acceptable. Click Next. Select a simple style, such as the
aptly named Simple. Click Next. The last question asks us to title our report. Call it Sewer Pipe
Lengths. Select Preview the report and click Finish.
38. The results are underwhelming. The title is a little large, and the field names are cut off although
there is still plenty of room on the page. You will save it and work on the saved file. Find the
“Save report output to file” icon and press it. Save the report as PipeLengthReport.RDF in your
___IGIS-Arc_ YourInitials \Map_Making.
folder, if you are using version 10.0. With version 10.1 the extension will be RLF.
39. We clearly have some editing to do—so click the Edit button to enter into a Report Designer
interface. The number of options here is extensive. An entire course could be built around the
Report Designer. For now, I only show you how to get the most rudimentary report on the map.
In the Report Designer you have the items you can add to the report: “Design Elements” on the left. On
the right, there are the Properties of the document or of the elements selected. Then, in the center of the
Report Designer, you have a mockup of the report, which is divided into sections. At the top, you will find
the Report Header—basically, the title of the report. Next down are the titles of the columns of the report.
Below those are the references to the data in the table. Suppose that we want to generate the most
elementary report to display the length of the two diameters of pipe. See Figure 3-13.
40. Click on the title Sewer Pipe Lengths. Note that it appears in bold on the right side under Data
> Text. Double-click the name. When it becomes highlighted, you can type in a new report title:
Pipe Lengths. Once you press Enter, the title changes in the report area.
FIGURE 3-13
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