OMICRON 95
Generate test reports
13.2.3 Designing the Excel report templates
This section describes how to design report templates in Microsoft Excel. With the PTM Report Designer
add-in installed on your computer, the Excel workbook displays the PTM Report Designer menu and
the default Report Model view on the right.
► To load your own report model, click Load Model on the ribbon, and then browse to the report model
you want to use.
Figure 13-2: Blank Excel workbook with PTM Report Designer add-in
Create simple properties
To create simple properties in the Excel report template:
1. Select the simple property you want to create from the Report Model view.
2. In the Excel worksheet, select the cell where you want to place the property.
3. Click Create Variable on the ribbon or double-click the property in the Report Model view.
Use FlexCel tags
The FlexCel tags </> button on the ribbon provides three tags which help you manage the FlexCel
syntax. To edit the syntax of a cell:
1. In the Excel worksheet, select the cell the syntax of which you want to edit.
2. Click the FlexCel tags
</> button on the ribbon, and then select the tag you want to apply to the cell.