
	Applies To

	Product(s):	gINT Logs, gINT Professional, gINT Professional Plus
	Version(s):	N/A
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	Report-Log
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	Original Author:	Kathleen Holcomb, Bentley Technical Support Group

Understanding Log Report Layout

Note: To perform the exercises in this wiki requires the use of the training.gpj project and the training.glb library from: communities.bentley.com/.../3348.gINT-Std-Training-Library-_2600_-Project.zip.

The dimensions of a log report form, its placement on the printed page, and the heights of the vertical regions dedicated to particular kinds of data, are all specified in the report properties. Let’s see how this works for an existing report. Do the following:

Go to REPORT DESIGN -> Logs.
Ensure that Settings -> Paper Outlines is checked; if not, select the option to add the checkmark.

In the object selector, choose ‘FINAL SIMPLE LOG WITH LEGEND’. Click the Zoom Extents tool, then the Zoom Out tool to view the entire report (including the page edges).

Note: We chose this report because it utilizes both a report header and footer.

Notice the following features of the report layout (starting at lower right in the diagram):

Page Edge: The outermost dashed-line rectangle designates the edge of the paper. In the current case, this rectangle is 8.5" x 11", since the Page Size is ‘Letter’.
Edge of Printable Area: This dashed-line rectangle is specific to your printer, and is only drawn so that you can see whether any of your report elements will be cut off by the printer. No calculations are based on the edge of the printable area.
Report Border: This is a box that defines the outside of the report, and typically encloses all of the report’s elements. The border’s dimensions are defined by the Border Height and Border Width properties, and its lower left corner position (relative to the page edge) is defined by the Bottom Margin and Left Margin properties.
Bottom Margin: Specifies the vertical distance from the bottom of the page edge to the bottom of the border box.
Left Margin (not shown): Specifies the horizontal distance from the left page edge to the left edge of the border box.
Report Footer: The report footer, like the report header, is a vertical region of the report where information at the project, company, or entire-borehole level resides. Depth-specific data, that is, data from individual records in child tables of POINT, is not displayed in the report footer or header. However, such depth data may be summarized, as with a Hole Depth or Average Water Depth field. The height of the report footer region is specified in the Page 1 Footer Height and Page 2 Footer Height properties. In many reports, the footer is omitted (by setting these properties to zero).
Report Body: The report body is the vertical region of the report where depth-based entities are used to display depth-specific child data for the borehole. For example, in the current report, data from LITHOLOGY table records is presented graphically in the Graphic Log column and the material descriptions from the same records appear in the Material Description column. Similarly, SAMPLE table data is presented in the Type (graphic) and Number (text) columns. All entities that plot or print against depth are restricted to the report body. The height of the report body is specified in the Page 1 Body Height and Page 2 Body Height properties.
Column Header: The column header is the vertical region where the heading label is displayed for each column entity. The height of this region is specified in the Column Header Height property.
Report Header: The report header is comparable to the report footer, in that this is an area for display of entire-borehole, project, and/or company information. The height of the report header is not directly specified. Instead, it is calculated as the height of the border, less the heights of the footer, body and column header. If you have a specific report header height in mind, you must adjust these other parameters accordingly.

The following table summarizes this information by property:

Property Name	Tab	Purpose
Bottom Margin	General	Vertical distance from the bottom paper edge to the bottom of the border box.
Left Margin	General	Horizontal distance from the left paper edge to the left edge of the border box.
Page Size	General	Specifies the dimensions of the paper to be printed on.
Border Height	Columns and Lines	Height of the report bounding box.
Border Width	Columns and Lines	Width of the report bounding box.
Column Header Height	Columns and Lines	Height of the region where the column entity labels are printed.
Page 1 (or 2) Body Height	Report Structure	Height of the body, which is the region where depth-specific entities appear.
Page 1 (or 2) Footer Height	Report Structure	Height of the footer, which is one of two regions (the other is the report header) where borehole-level, project-level and summary data appears.

Let’s see how these values interact in the FINAL SIMPLE LOG WITH LEGEND report.

Click the Properties

icon. View the contents of the General, Report Structure and Columns and Linestabs. The following values have been set:

Property Name	Tab	Value
Bottom Margin	General	1
Left Margin	General	1.25
Page Size	General	Letter
Border Height	Columns and Lines	9
Border Width	Columns and Lines	6
Column Header Height	Columns and Lines	0.5
Page 1 Body Height	Report Structure	7.5
Page 1 Footer Height	Report Structure	0.5

These settings can be diagrammed as follows:

Understanding Log Report Layout

Understanding Log Report Layout

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