Build a Data Template from Report Forms


 

  
 Applies To 
  
 Product(s):gINT gINT Logs, gINT Professional, gINT Professional Plus
 Version(s):N/A
 Environment: N/A
 Area: Project Database
 Subarea: Datatemplate
 Original Author:Kathleen Holcomb, Bentley Technical Support Group
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Build a Data Template from Report Forms

The Build From Reports menu option enables you to generate a database from the set of fields utilized in a particular set of reports. This relies on the fact that report entities in reports reference particular table-field combinations, and the system can extract these and generate a database consisting of these names. However, the generated fields (other than Depth) will all be of type ‘Text’, and you will have to go through and change field types.
This would be useful if you have a report form but are missing the project it was designed to work with.  The data template would be cloned to create the necessary project.
Note: In order to perform these steps you will need the training.glb library:  communities.bentley.com/.../training-library.zip.
To demonstrate this feature, do the following:

  1. Go to File->Change Library. Select training.glb.

  2. Go to DATA DESIGN->Project Database

  3. Select File->New Data Template->Build From Reports. The BUILD DATA TEMPLATE FROM REPORTS dialog box appears.

  4. Click the Browse  button to the right of the Reports to use field. The Reports to use dialog box appears.

  5. Select, by Ctrl-Clicking or Shift-Clicking, several reports, then click OK.

  6. Click OK to close the BUILD DATA TEMPLATE FROM REPORTS dialog box. The reports are processed, then a file browser window appears for specifying the name of the generated data template.

  7. Enter a name, then click Save. The generated data template opens in DATA DESIGN to the Project tab table.

    Before using a data template generated in this fashion, the properties of many fields should be changed from the data type of Text to whatever would be more appropriate.  For example, fields that hold dates should be changed to the Date type.  This step can go a long ways in preventing data entry errors.

  8. In the table selector, select Point.

  9. In the Fields list, select Elevation. In the Type selector, choose Double. Click OK.

See Also 

For more information on field types, go to Help->Index->Field Types.