You can print reports either through your browser or through a PDF file. PDF printing offers the most flexibility because it allows you to adjust PDF-specific settings and works independently of your browser's print settings. Both printing methods are included in the steps below.
Click on the name of the report that you want to print. The report opens.
From the Home menu, select either Grid, Graph, or Grid and Graph view.
From the Home menu, select Print. The Print Options page opens. For details about the printing options, see the procedure below.
Print the file from either the PDF preview or from your browser.
Click the Preferences link at the top of MicroStrategy Web.
Select General on the left.
Select the Use PDF for printing reports check box, then click Apply to save your preference changes.
Click on the name of the report that you want to print. The report opens.
From the Home menu, select either Grid, Graph, or Grid and Graph view.
From the Home menu, select Print. The Print Options page opens.
From the Print drop-down list, select whether you want to print the whole report or only the portion displayed.
You can specify text to be displayed at the top (header) and at the bottom (footer) of each printed page. To do this, click Edit Custom Settings:
Inserting
text: Type the text to appear in the left, center, and right portions
of the page's header and footer. You can automatically insert report fields,
such as the report's name or a page number, by choosing macros from the Insert Macro drop-down list.
For example, to add "Page
1 of x" in the middle of the footer, click in the center text box
in the Footer. Type the word "Page
", then select Page Number from the Insert
Macro drop-down list. Type "
of ", then click the Insert
number of pages icon.
Formatting the text: You can format header and footer text using HTML tags. For example, placing <B> and </B> tags around a word applies bold font to the word. You can also use <I> and </I> for italics, <U> and </U> for underlines, and <FONT> to format the text font, for example, <FONT face="Courier New" size="4" color="#ff0000" style="background-color: #ff0000">Your text</FONT>. Use <BR> to insert a space between two lines.
If DHTML is disabled, type the maximum number of rows and columns to be printed on each page in the Grid rows per printed page and Grid columns per printed page fields.
In the Scaling area, specify how the content is adjusted to the PDF page:
Adjust font to % of original size: Define the font size on a page.
Fit to page: Specify whether the content should be fit to the page for All rows, All columns, or both.
If the report is displayed in Grid and Graph View, to print the grid and graph together on the same page, select the Print the grid and the graph on the same page check box. Additional sections of the report, if any, are printed on subsequent pages, with the grid and graph printed together.
In the Orientation area, select Portrait if you want the report to print vertically. Select Landscape if you want the report to print horizontally.
To choose the cover page location, select either Before report or After report.
To print the report's filter details on a separate page, select the Print cover page with filter details check box. The filter details are placed before the contents of the report.
To print all options in the Page-by drop-down lists, select the Expand all page-by fields when printing check box. To print only the page-by options that are currently displayed, clear this check box.
To adjust settings such as paper size,
margins, and maximum header and footer sizes, click Show
advanced options and make changes as necessary.
Note: If you are printing from PDF, to use the
fonts chosen by the report designer, select the Embed
fonts check box.
Click Show printable version. The report preview is displayed.
If you are printing from your browser, adjust your browser print settings to match your selections above. For example, if you selected Landscape orientation above, make sure the browser's printer properties are also set to print in a landscape orientation.
Print the file from either the PDF preview or from your browser.
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