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GENERAL Report Writer
Generate timely, meaningful reports quickly
and easily with this powerful OPEN SYSTEMS® Accounting Software
report-writing system. You can perform sort, select, format, subtotal, and
process control functions by using keywords, the building blocks that enable
GENERAL Report Writer to create sophisticated reports. With full access to
all your data files, GENERAL Report Writer can help you sort and analyze
your information in almost unlimited ways.
Produce meaningful reports quickly and easily
You'll be able to gain control of your data to assess and analyze all
aspects of your business. Combine and sort information from any of your
OSAS applications into unique reports and compare the information.
Quickly access information with the LIST and PROMPT modes. You can create
an instant report with LIST and highlight any file names, field names, or
keywords using full-screen pick and point; your report is printed or
displayed immediately. Use the PROMPT mode to easily recall, modify, or
copy reports.
Built-in flexibility allows you to easily create custom reports; define
your own formats using custom headers and footers. Add any number of data
fields in any order and sort on any field or combination of fields. You can
also adjust field spacing, stack multiple lines of output, or adjust page
dimensions.
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OSAS GENERAL Report Writer Offers Choices and Flexibility With These Key
Features:
- Select information from any combination of files. You'll have easy
access to multiple files with a LINK feature. You can link from order files
to customer files to a salesperson's file, all within one report! Specify
logical selection criteria along the way.
- It will be easy for you to create reports with the PROMPT mode. Even if
you're a new user, you can quickly build your command with a simple,
menu-driven session. Organize data files into specific groups to further
simplify selections. Reports defined using the PROMPT mode can be recalled,
modified, or copied at any time.
- You can output any report or selected data to delimited, ASCII, DIF, or
WordPerfect formats for a smooth interface to other systems.
- Power users can create reports quickly using the LIST mode. Others can
use the assist function to pick and point for easy selection, and you'll
have improved readability due to embedded white space and comments.
- Get instant, online help any time with a function key.
- Creating custom reports has never been easier. Design custom headers
and footers to include data fields, break values, text, and calculations.
You can then paint them on the screen using the PROMPT mode, or easily
describe them in the LIST mode.
- Select from the PROMPT, MENU, or COMMAND modes for flexible report
creation. The MENU mode runs interactively to prompt each of the basic
commands; the COMMAND mode allows you to get the maximum amount of power
from a minimum of keystrokes.
- You'll be able to customize your menus and give all users access to
your new general reports. Simply save commands to any OSAS menu, and for
more flexibility you can define run time prompts for data selection
criteria.
- You'll have the ability to print or view predefined OSAS data
definitions in the data dictionaries by using the File, Field, and Dump
commands. Add new definitions as you become more familiar with GENERAL
Report Writer.
- You'll appreciate the flexibility of system administration.
Configuration maintenance lets you define users, devices, parameters,
systems, terminals, and printer configurations.
- You'll be assured of confidentiality; security levels are assigned to
each user. Only users with appropriate clearance have access to information
in each file, so you can be sure information won't fall into the wrong
hands.
- You can accomplish "what if" analyses by using your actual data and
your estimate of changes. Complex expressions can be defined to derive data
such as if … then … else logic, calls to external programs, and compound
expressions.
- Use the pre-defined reports (more than 100!) as is or as a model to
build your own custom definitions.
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GENERAL Report Writer Reports
- File Definitions Listing
- Field Definitions Listing
- User Definition Listing
- Report Definitions Listing
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