Report Generation for Desktop Publishing

You can generate a report or report object for desktop publishing in CDM. The resulting XML file can be used in your desktop publishing application, such as Adobe™ InDesign.

1. Open the report that you want to work with.
2. Complete one of the following actions:
   • To generate the entire report, select the report and click Home > Generate > Generate Entire Report.
   • To generate a selection of objects or a single report object , select the report objects and click Home > Generate > Generate Selection.
3. In the window that opens, select Desktop Publishing in the Select Format section.
4. Optionally, to save a snapshot of the report or report object at the moment of generation, select Save as Snapshot.
5. Select Automatic Word Generation.
6. Click OK to start the generation.

   Tip: You can view the progress in the All processes completed window in the status bar. While processes are running, the title bar shows the number of running processes. When the processes are finished, the title is All processes completed. A check mark indicates that a process generated properly. An exclamation point indicates an error that stopped the process.

7. If the generation is not successful, an error message opens. Double-click the message to view the Tag Explorer and the particular tag that has problems.
8. If the generation is successful, the output contains the XML file. To save the generated XML file, click the Save icon in the All processes completed window, select a location for the file, and click Save. The generated XML file can now be imported into your desktop publishing application.

Report Structure

When generating a report or report selection to desktop publishing, the report structure is reflected in the output XML document for easy tagging in the desktop publishing application.

This report:

is generated as: