What Is the Report Explorer?

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About the Report Explorer The Outline Pane The Options Pane The Properties Pane

About the Report Explorer

The Report Explorer is the MATLAB Report Generator and Simulink^® Report Generator™ graphical user interface (GUI). It allows you to:

• Create and modify report templates.

• Apply stylesheets to format the generated report.

• Specify the report file format.

• Generate reports.

To open the Report Explorer, enter report in the MATLAB Command Window.

The Report Explorer has three panes:

• The Outline pane on the left shows the hierarchy of components in currently opened report templates. Report components can reside within other report components, creating parent, child, and sibling relationships. For more information, see The Outline Pane.

• The Options pane in the middle lists the options available in the context of the Outline pane. If no report template is open, the Options pane lists available reports. When a report template is open, the Options pane lists components available to insert into it. When a stylesheet is open, the Options pane lists available attributes. For more information, see The Options Pane .

• If no report template is open, the Properties pane on the right displays tasks the Report Explorer can perform. If a report template is open, the Properties pane displays the properties for the item that is currently selected in the Options pane. For more information, see The Properties Pane.

Tip   If the Report Explorer window opens with only two panes, one of the panes is hidden. You can move the vertical boundaries between the panes to reveal any hidden pane, or to make visible panes wider or narrower.

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The Outline Pane

The Outline pane initially contains the top level of the report template.

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The Options Pane

The Options pane lists by category components that are available for adding to report templates. In the following figure, the visible component categories are Formatting, Handle Graphics, Logical and Flow Control, and MATLAB. For details about report components, see Component Reference.

The folder icon indicates a component category. The blue square icon indicates a component.

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The Properties Pane

After you create a report template, the Properties pane initially displays properties for the report template as a whole.

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Product Overview

MATLAB Report Generator Workflow

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