Release Date: 4/28/23

Version: 8.6

The following articles explain initial setup and ongoing maintenance of Report Desk:

• Report Desk: Setup and Configuration : Initial installation and ongoing maintenance.
• Elliott V8.6 Configuration Utility (EL860CF.EXE) : Maintaining default parameters.
• How to Use EL860DB.EXE Utility to Create PSQL Databases : Maintaining PSQL database names.
• Report Desk: Running & Designing Reports Basic: The quick guide on how to run report desk reports.

Using Report Desk

• Report Desk: Running Reports : Details of of running reports
• Report Desk: Entering Date Parameters : Ways of entering dates
• Report Desk: Record Thresholds : Handling very large reports.
• Report Desk: Understanding Timeout and Strikeout Scenarios:  More on long-running reports

Designing Reports

• Report Desk: Customizing Reports : Modifying existing reports.
• Report Desk: Column Formats : Understanding column formats.
• Report Desk: CheckBoxes : Using CheckBoxes.
• Report Desk: Input Constants : Specifying values used in SQL Functions.
• Report Desk: Multiple Lines : Using multiple lines in body, headers and footers.
• Report Desk: Groups : Grouping data.
• Report Desk: Report Footer : Providing report totals and other aggregates.
• Report Desk: Variables in Titles and Column Headings : Using variable titles and column headings.
• Report Desk: Font and Margin Overrides : Overriding appearance options for a report.

Managing Reports

• Report Desk: Notifications : Monitor report usage by sending an email each time it is run.
• Report Desk: Managing Custom Reports : On-going management of your custom reports.
• Report Desk: Performance Inquiry : Review of performance for Report Desk report processing.

Resolving Common Errors

• Company DSN Missing : Fixing this issue.
• Missing Column Title : Fixing this issue.
• Divide By Zero Errors: Fixing this issue.
• LNA Packet Errors: Fixing this issue

Advanced Topics