Print Options dialog

Use this dialog to specify settings for printing dashboard pages and views. You can:

• Specify page settings and header and footer content for the PDF output.

• Select which print layouts are to be available in the Print menu for a dashboard page.

• Create, edit, replace, and remove custom print layouts.

Dashboard pages are printed in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Adobe Reader 6.0 or greater is required to print using Adobe PDF.

This dialog is displayed from the Print Properties option in the Tools menu on the "Dashboard builder" toolbar and Print Options button on the "Analysis editor: Results tab" toolbar.

For more information, see:

• "Editing Dashboards"

• "About Creating Custom Print Layouts for High-Fidelity Printing of Dashboard Pages"

• "Creating Custom Print Layouts for High-Fidelity Printing of Dashboard Pages"

• "Editing, Replacing, or Removing Custom Print Layouts"

• "Changing Print Options for Views"

• "Printing Views"

• "Printing Dashboard Pages"

Components

Paper Size

Use this list to select the size of the paper to use.

Orientation

Use this list to select the orientation, either Portrait or Landscape.

Print Rows

Use this list to specify which rows are displayed, either all rows or only the visible rows.

Hide Margins

Use this box to show or hide margins.

Include Header and Include Footer

Use these boxes to include a header, a footer, or both in the PDF output. Click Edit to display the "Edit Footer or Header dialog", where you can specify the layout and formatting of the contents of the header or footer. You can also specify whether to display the header or footer in the HTML output.

Standard Print Layouts

Use this area to select which standard print layouts are to be available in the Print menu for the dashboard page. You can select Printable HTML, Printable PDF, or both.

Custom Print Layouts

Use this area to:

• Create, edit, replace, and remove custom print layouts. To do so, click the Custom Print Layouts button to display the following options:

  • Create Layouts — (Available only if no custom print layouts exist.) Use this option to create custom print layouts for the dashboard page. Selecting this option:

    • Generates a new layout based on the standard layout.

    • Generates a BI Publisher report and data model.

    • Opens BI Publisher in a new window and displays the generated layout as a thumbnail in the BI Publisher Layout Editor, where you can edit, delete, or create layouts.

    Note that the page settings and the header and footer settings are exported to BI Publisher. You can changes these settings in BI Publisher.

  • Create and Edit Layouts — (Available only if custom print layouts already exist.) Use this option to edit existing layouts. Selecting this option:

    • Creates a new layout based on the standard layout, if you specify that you want to remove existing layouts in the warning message that is displayed.

    • Generates a new data model.

    • Opens BI Publisher in a new window and displays the generated layout as a thumbnail in the BI Publisher Layout Editor, where you can edit, delete, or create layouts.

  • Replace Layouts — Use this option to remove all existing custom print layouts and create new layouts. Selecting this option:

    • Removes all existing layouts.

    • Generates a new layout based on the standard layout.

    • Removes the associated BI Publisher report and data model, and generates a new BI Publisher report and data model.

    • Opens BI Publisher in a new window and displays the generated layout as a thumbnail in the BI Publisher Layout Editor, where you can edit, delete, or create layouts.

  • Remove Layouts — Use this option to remove all custom print layouts as well as the associated BI Publisher report and data model.

If custom print layouts exist, they are listed in this area. Use this list to select which custom print layouts are to be available in the Print menu for the dashboard page.