Unpacking Your Report And Saving The Project File

This is the final step of the publishing process. Your report has been published and is contained in a ZIP archive (.zip), the name for which is provided at the top of the screen. This archive contains the set of files making up your dynamic report in a compressed format. The archive makes it easy to group the files and makes transporting and copying them faster.

You should now click the ‘Unpack Report’ button as this will enable you to carry out any of the actions listed below:

  1. View the report (Please see section Starting Your Dynamic Report)
  2. Create new data files for your report using the Excel or Access Data Manager
  3. Create a new design for your report using the Designer
  4. Edit the stylesheet to change the appearance of your report using the Designer or Style Editor

Once you click the ‘Unpack Report’ button, you will be prompted to choose a folder to unpack the contents of the archive to. Browse to the folder of your choice and click ‘OK’. If the folder you are unpacking to already contains a report you will be asked if you wish to overwrite the existing files. You will be informed when your report has been successfully unpacked.

You may want to follow the link to your report folder to open it in your File Explorer. Then click on ‘View Report’ to open your dynamic report. Please ensure you read the information about  Starting Your Dynamic Report.

The final screen of the Publisher also gives you the option to save the Publisher settings you have made during the publishing process into an InstantAtlas project file. If you need to produce the same report again or wish to publish a very similar report at a later stage you can load this project file into the Publisher via the menu option ‘File’ – ‘Open Project…’.This will apply the same settings again.

If you have finished publishing, click the ‘Exit’ button to close the Publisher. If you wish to publish another report, click the ‘Restart’ button to return to the ‘Welcome’ screen. Alternatively, click the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Choose Settings For Your Dynamic Report’ screen.