Report Options Dialog: Formats

If you arrived here from Workstation, see the Workstation Document Authoring Help.

The options on the Formats tab of the Report Options dialog box include the following:

Available Export Modes: Determine the formats in which the report can be exported. For details on each option, see How to Define Which Report Export Modes Are Available to Users.
- Excel with plain text: The report can be exported to Microsoft Excel in a plain text format.
- CSV file format: The report can be exported in a CSV (comma separated value) format.
- Excel with formatting: The report can be exported to Microsoft Excel while retaining its MicroStrategy formatting.
- HTML: The report can be exported to an HTML file.
- Plain text: The report can be exported in a plain text format.
- PDF: The report can be exported to PDF.
Run by default as: Select the format or mode in which the report is run by default. For details on each option, see How to Define the Display Mode for a Report.
- View: The report is opened in Express Mode by default.
- Excel with plain text: The report is opened in Microsoft Excel with a plain text format, by default.
- CSV file format: The report is opened in a CSV (comma separated value) format, by default.
- Excel with formatting: The report is opened in Microsoft Excel and retains its MicroStrategy formatting, by default.
- HTML: The report is opened in an HTML file, by default.
- Plain text: The report is opened in a plain text format, by default.
- PDF: The report is opened as a PDF file, by default.

For additional formatting ideas and steps, see the Basic Reporting Help and the Advanced Reporting Help.