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CA ERwin Report Viewer

Use the following steps to become familiar with working with the CA ERwin Report Viewer.

  1. Open one of your existing models and launch the pinned report Logical-Physical Combined Dictionary.rpt on the Tools, Pinned Reports menu. This launches the CA ERwin Report Viewer.
  2. In the Enter Parameter Values dialog, select one or more Subject Areas to report on and an appropriate Column Ordering. Click OK to generate the report.
  3. Browse the report generated and verify the dictionary information against your model. Use the Group Tree on the left side to quickly jump to a particular entity in the report.
  4. Switch back to CA ERwin Data Modeler, and change the definition of one of the entities in the current diagram. In the CA ERwin Report Viewer, click the Refresh toolbar button Report Viewer Toolbar--Refresh Button to reload the model information. Select the parameter values and click OK. Note that the change in definition is also reflected in the report.
  5. In the CA ERwin Report Viewer, select Edit, Edit Design (or press Ctrl+E) to launch Crystal Reports Developer to edit the report. Format the report in the Design tab, and click Refresh to see the results of the new report.
  6. Save your changes and exit Crystal Reports Developer. Close the CA ERwin Report Viewer.