This section describes the features and operation of the HAP Reports Viewer. The Viewer is used to display all input, design and simulation reports in HAP. It appears when you press the Preview button on any of the Report Selection dialogs in the program.
Overview of Layout and Features. The Report Viewer consists of four key components.
1. The Title Bar appears across the top of the Report Viewer window. At the right-hand end of the title bar is a close button which is used to close the viewer and return to the HAP main window.
2. The Menu Bar appears beneath the title bar. It contains two menus which provide options for performing useful tasks with reports.
The first menu is the File Menu. Options on this menu are as follows:
• Save Report As is used to save the report as a disk file. Only the report document currently
useful for incorporating report material in other documents. RTF files can be read by many popular word processor programs.
• Print Setup is used to adjust settings for your default printer. This option is typically used prior
to printing a report.
• Print is used to print the report document that is currently visible.
• Exit is used to close the Report Viewer and return to the HAP main window.
The second menu is the Help Menu. It contains one option:
• How to Use the Report Viewer displays an overview help topic for the Viewer.
3. The Toolbar appears beneath the menu bar. It contains buttons for performing useful tasks with the reports. Many of these tasks are the same as provided by options on the Menu Bar. Working from left to right across the toolbar the buttons perform the following functions:
• The Save Report As button serves the same function as the Save Report As option on the File Menu, described above.
• The Print button prints the report document that is currently visible in the viewer.
• The Load Previous Report button is used to display the previous report in a batch of reports.
• The Load Next Report button is used to display the next report in a batch of reports.
• The Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons are used to enlarge or reduce the magnification for the currently displayed page. Zoom In increases the magnification for the page. Zoom Out decreases the magnification for the page.
4. The Report Viewing Area appears below the toolbar. It displays all pages for the current report. Since only a portion of one page of the current report is visible at one time, you will need to use the scroll bar or the [PgUp] and [PgDn] keys to view all portions of that page. You will also need to scroll to view additional pages in the report if a report contains multiple pages.
Key Organizational Principles. In order to effectively use the Report Viewer it helps to understand
how the program organizes and displays reports. There are four key principles:
1. Each report is a separate document much like separate documents used by a word processor. To view the contents of one report you will need to scroll or use the [PgUp] and [PgDn] keys to view the contents of a single page and to view different pages in a multi-page report.
When generating reports of input data, a single report document contains data for all items you choose except when dealing with systems, plants and buildings. For these three exceptions, a separate report document is generated for each item you choose.
Example #1: If you request an input data report for 5 schedules, data for all 5 will be placed in a single report document.
Example #2: If you request an input data report for 3 air systems, data will be placed in three separate report documents.
When generating weather, design and simulation reports, a separate report document is generated for each report option you select.
Example #3: If you request the Air System Sizing Summary, Zone Sizing Summary and Air System Design Load Summary reports, three separate report documents will be generated.
2. If you generate a group or "batch" of reports, each is a separate document. You must use the "Load Next Report" and "Load Previous Report" buttons on the toolbar to move from one report document to the next.
3. The "Print" option in the Report Viewer will only print the report document that is currently displayed. Therefore if you have several reports in a batch and wish to print them all, you must print them one by one in the Viewer. This is usually inefficient. Therefore, if you wish to print a group of reports quickly, we recommend exiting the Viewer, regenerating the reports and pressing the "Print" button on the Report Selection dialog rather than the "Preview" button. Or, when generating input reports, choose the “Print Input Data” option rather than the “View Input Data” option.
4. The "Save Report As" option in the Report Viewer will only save the report document that is currently displayed. If you wish to save multiple reports in a batch, you must display and save the reports one by one.