Export and print a report on a local PC
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Overview
This "how to" demonstrates how to save/export a report to a local PC and print from the local PC. It is the same procedure explained in Mapping Network Drives with the added step of printing the report.
Remote Desktop Connection - Windows XP service pack 2
If you have an icon
Right Click on it, to access a menu similar to this
Choose Edit
This will bring up the Remote Desktop Connection Options
Click on the tab Local Resources
Tick the Disk Drives checkbox to connect your machine to the remote computer.
Hit Connect
You will get a security message which reminds you that you are making a connection between your local machine and the remote one, which, as microsoft advises, “this may be potentially unsafe”
It is not recommended to connect disk drives on each login, only when they are necessary.
Click Ok to connect
Remote Desktop Connection - Windows XP service pack 3, Windows Vista
Right click on the icon on your desktop.
Click Open
Click Options, Local Resources Tab, More
Tick the drive letter/s that you want mapped - normally C: will do...
OK
Exporting A Report
The Performance & Productivity section has a standard report called ztd – Revenue Sales (Excel). This report is designed to export to Excel.
It can be previewed in pdf format, but the columns are not really readable:
So hit the Export Report button
The default format is Acrobat Format (PDF).
Select an Excel Format from the drop down list
When you use the drop down list, you will be able to see your local computer disk drives.
Note: In this example the computer name is MAGNIFIX... your machine name will obviously be different to this example.
Note: the Desktop which is listed here is the rdp desktop, NOT your local computer desktop.
Find Your Desktop
If you want to save the file to your local desktop (using Windows XP),
follow these steps:
- Choose the C drive on your machine (C on MAGNIFIX in this example)
- Once it opens, choose Documents and Settings
- Choose the your username (In this case Corrine)
- Select Desktop
- Hit Save
This will save the file to your local computer
Open the file from your desktop
Print The File
Print as normal with any other document on your own PC. (Normally Ctrl-P or File -> Print...)