## Reporting Measurement Results: Overview

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After you measure your part, it's important to be able to communicate your measurement results with others. PC-DMIS, by default, sends your measurement data to a standard textual report, called an inspection report, which includes comprehensive data about each feature measured by your part program. You can print this report to the printer or to a file and later view stored reports by selecting View | Inspection Report. See "Viewing an Inspection Report" and "Printing the Inspection Report".

For many tasks, the standard inspection report may be exactly what you need. However, in version 4.0 and later, PC-DMIS also gives you some powerful tools to generate your own interactive reports. With these tools you can determine exactly how your reports will look and what information gets included in them by using templates. Also, with these templates you can maintain a consistent look and feel across several reports.

In addition, in version 4.2 and later, you will find the ability to create reports for specific part programs, called "Custom Reports", a useful solution when your reporting needs don't require the use of report templates.

This chapter covers the following major topics:

- Reporting Changes

- Migrating HyperView Reports

- Report Generation Sequence

- About the Report Window

- Using Standard Reports

- Viewing a Legacy Text Only Report

- Reported Tolerance Zones for Form Dimensions

- Rearranging Report Pages

- Modifying Standard Templates

- Using .DAT Files in Generated Reports

- Modifying your Report's Header

- Changing the Report's Text Colors

- Adding Notes to a Report

- About the Reporting and Form Editors

- Creating Templates

- Creating Forms

- Creating Custom Reports

- About Report Expressions

- Embedding Reports or Report Templates in a Part Program

- Using PC-DMIS ActiveX Controls

- Tutorial - Using Scripting to Enhance your Report