Products of a GIS: Maps and Other Information - Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS - page 215

Let's change the headings of the columns DIAMETER, Count_DIAMETER, and Sum_Shape_Length with the
names Diameter, # of Pipes, and Length. Click on DIAMETER under page header. Find where it shows up
under Data >Text, double-click, and press Enter. Change its value to “Diameter”.
41. Now change heading Count_Diameter to # of Pipes. Change Sum_Shape_Length to Length. Now
look at the results of these changes. Click on the Run Report icon (or press F5).
42. The report looks somewhat better. We have improved column names but the numbers don't line up
under the headings. So, click the Edit button to bring back the Report Designer. Under the various
headings we can move the locations of the title, the column headings, and the columns. Shift these
around, alternating between Edit and Run Report until you have a report that seems reasonable to
you. Select Save on the Report Viewer page (which creates a file with an “rdf” extension) and use the
name PipeLengthReport.rlf. To show the capability of producing PDF files, switch to the Report Viewer
export it to a PDF naming it PipeLengthReport.pdf and save it into the Map_Making folder in your
___IGIS-Arc_ YourInitials folder.
43. In the Report Viewer, print the final report. Find and click the “Add report to ArcMap Layout”
button, bringing up the Add to Map dialog box. Uncheck “Add Page Borders” because we
will only be using part of the report page in the layout. Click OK. Close the report editor and
examine the results. Note that since you saved the RLF file, you can load or run the report and
make modifications to the report.
44. The report is full page, so it may be as big as the Layout. You should use only a part of it. Using
Select Elements, select the report (it will have four handles, not six) and slide it down so the
text fits above the bottom margins. Size it so that it fits between the vertical map outline limits.
Use the Pan control on the Tools toolbar to slide the geographics up toward the top of the page.
Label each segment with the diameter of the pipe with 24-point bold type. 19 The results should
look something like Figure 3-14.
FIGURE 3-14
19 If this doesn't label each of the six features, go to the Labels tab in the Layer Properties window. Under Placement
Properties, choose Place One Label Per Feature.