How to Print Reports in OpenLab CDS

Answer

This Information Applies To: Agilent OpenLab CDS 

Issue

Reports in OpenLab CDS can be printed or saved manually in Data Analysys, or automatically during reprocessing, or acquisition.

Requirements

The user needs the following Roles and Privileges for printing reports: Data > Save reports to disk and Data Processing > Print results reports.

For detailed steps on where to set up the Roles and Privileges, see the article: How to Create or Edit Roles in OpenLab Chromatography Data System.

If you want to be able to print unsaved results, you need to check the box indicated in the Figure 1, within the Projects section of Control Panel.

Figure 1. Enabling print unsaved results.

Steps to Follow

There are two ways to print reports from Data Analysis:

1. Using the Processing Method parameters in Data Processing tab
2. Using the Print to Printer icon in Reporting tab

Using the Processing Method parameters in Data Processing tab

This option is used for individual runs or method reports.

1. In the Home tab, click the Method layout (Figure 2).

   
   
   Figure 2. Location of the Method menu
   
   

2. Click Injection Report parameter, under the Reports drop-down (Figure 3).

   
   
   Figure 3. Location of the Injection Report field, within the Processing Method.
   
   

3. Complete the fields as per your analytical needs. See Figure 4 for reference.

   • • Report Template: Browse the report template to use for this result set.
     • Report Selected Signals: Select whether you want to report only some signals, or all of them.
     • Report for Sample Types: Select to report only a particular sample type (for example, just the calibration samples) or all of them.
     • Report Destination: Select how you want to save the report as a file, and/or send the report to a local printer.
     • Report File Name: Choose a name format for the report file that you want to save/print.
     • File Format: Select the file formats in which you want to save your file under (if applicable)
     • Copy Report to Folder: Select whether you want to save a report to a folder or not.
       • If you select Storage, the file is saved under the current project.
       • If you select Windows File System, the file can be saved anywhere on your PC.
     • Destination Folder: Displays the location where the file is saved, based on the options chosen in the previous step.
       

       
       
       Figure 4. Fields available for defining the Report parameters
       
       

4. in the top ribbon, click Reprocess All (see Figure 5).

5.  

   Click Save All Results. 
   If you do not save the results after reprocessing, you will get the following error when trying to print (Figure 6).

   
   
   Figure 5. Location of the Reprocess All and Save All Results menu items
   
   

   
   
   Figure 6. Warning displayed when printing without saving results
   
   

6. Click the Print All icon (Figure 7).

   
   
   Figure 7. Location of the Print menu icon
   
   

   
   

   Confirmation: The results are now printed at the desired printer, if applicable, and the selected file types are saved at the location indicated under the Destination Folder option.

Using the Print to Printer icon in Reporting tab

1. Load the desired report template from the Report Template drop-down (Figure 8).

   
   
   Figure 8. Report Templates available for use
   
   

2. Click Preview. Steps 2 and 3 are shown in Figure 9

3. Click the print icon under the Report Preview window.

   
   
   Figure 9. Location of Print Preview and Print menu options.
   

   Tips: If you made any changes to the report, click Refresh Preview in the top ribbon to see the recent changes.

   
   

   Confirmation: You will now be directed to selecting a printer; if applicable, you will be also directed to choose a destination folder for saving the results as a PDF.

There is also another way to print reports, directly from the Sequence Table during method acquisition. This option assumes that the processing method does not need further modifications and it can be used as is. However, if you need to adjust integration parameters, integration events, or do any sort of addition/modification to the processing method, you need to use the two steps outlined in this article.

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