REPORTS
HuntSmart™

The HuntSmart big game hunting software's “Report” item gives you the ability to create and generate reports. You can create as many hunting reports as necessary in order to report your information. However, when creating a hunting report, you must select between three different methods of report creation.

By Selected Item
This method allows you to select a single item in order to create a report with you having the ability to select the data fields to display, to sort by, or to filter by on the report.

All Items
This method gives you the ability to create a report that will include related items by utilizing the common data fields. You select the data fields to display, to sort by, or the criteria to filter by on the report.

Harvest Group By
This method gives you the ability to create a harvest report which will group by and produce a total for the data fields you select. You also can sort and filter by all available fields.

Add/Edit Report
In order to create or edit a hunting report, you must load the “Report” item into the working area and then click the “Add” or “Edit” icon, which will display the data entry screen as shown in Figure 1.

(Figure 1)

Next, we will discuss the individual fields that are available on the “Report” data entry screen as shown in Figure 1.

Report Name
This field is used by you to name the report.

Report Title
This field consists of multiple controls as seen in Figure 2 that allows you enter the report title and to setup the report title’s font, color, and display attributes.

(Figure 2)

In order to set the report title’s color, you must click on the blue underline hotlink for the “Background Color” field which will display the color selection screen as shown in Figure 3. If you select a color, the “Color Selection” screen will close setting the color. If you do not wish to select a color, click on the “DO NOT USE COLOR” hotlink and the “Color Selection” screen will close setting the color to “none”. If you wish to cancel the operation, click on the of the “Color Selection” Screen.

(Figure 3)

When you run the report, the report title will look simpler to Figure 4.

(Figure 4)

Show Column Headings
If this field is checked , the “Column Heading” field will be enabled and the column names will be shown on the hunting report as seen in Figure 5. If this field is unchecked , the “Column Heading” field will be disabled and the column names will not be shown on the report as seen in Figure 6.

(Figure 5)

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Column Heading
This field consists of multiple controls as seen in Figure 7 that allows you to setup the column heading’s font, color, and display attributes.

(Figure 7)

Data Alignment
This field gives you the ability to select whether to display the column heading and data either horizontal or vertical. If you select horizontal, the data will be shown as seen in Figure 8. If you select vertical, the data will be shown as seen in Figure 9.

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Data Background Color
This field will set the background color for the data area of the hunting report as shown in Figure 8 or Figure 9. In order to set the color, you must click on the blue underline hotlink for the “Data Background Color” field which will display the color selection screen as shown in Figure 3. If you select a color, the “Color Selection” screen will close setting the color. If you do not wish to select a color, click on the “DO NOT USE COLOR” hotlink and the “Color Selection” screen will close setting the color to “none”. If you wish to cancel the operation, click on the of the “Color Selection” Screen.

Show TimeStamp
If this field is checked , the date and time the report was generated will be displayed at the top-left of the report as shown in Figure 10.

(Figure 10)

Show Borders
If this field is checked , borders will be visible as shown on Figure 11. If this field is unchecked , borders will not be visible as shown in Figure 12.

(Figure 11)

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Report Type
This field is use to select the method for report creation. The two methods are listing below.

1) By Selected Item
This method allows you to select the following items to use for the report:

Address Book
Bedding Areas
Droppings
Feeders
Food Plots
Harvest
Hunting Logs
Hunting Sites
Licks
Maps
Natural/Farm Crops
Other
Photographs
Reports
Rubs
Scents/Devices
Scouting Logs
Scrapes
Sightings
Sites Hunted
Tracks
Trails
Water
Weapons
Weather

2) All Items
This method allows you to build a report by using common columns that are available on items “Bedding Areas”, “Droppings”, “Feeders”, “Food Plots”, “Harvest”, “Hunting Sites”, “Licks”, “Natural/Farm Crops”, “Other”, “Rubs”, “Scrapes”, “Sightings”, “Sites Hunted”, “Tracks”, “Trails”, “Water”, and “Weather”. The available fields are “Coordinates”, “Date”, “Date Record Created”, “Date Record Modified”, “Description”, “Location”, “Record Created By”, “Record Modified By”, “Serial No”, “Specific Area”, and “Your Rating”.

Report Criteria Control
This control contains the main functionality for building the report. There are four tabs (Item, Columns, Sort by, Filter by) that you will use to select the criteria that will be used to build and run the hunting report.

1) Item Tab
If you have selected the value “By Selected Item” for the “Report Type” field, the “Item” tab will list all available items as shown in Figure 13 in order for you to make your selection for building a report. Once you have selected an item, you will have the option to select sub-items in order to include additional details on your report. In order to include a sub-item, position your mouse cursor over the sub-item in area “A” as shown on Figure 13 and click the left mouse button which will cause a check in the sub-item’s check box. When you run the report, the selected sub-item detail will be shown on the report as seen in Figure 14.

(Figure 13)

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If you have selected the value, “All Items”, for the “Report Type” field, the “Item” tab will automatically assign the value “All Items” as shown in Figure 15.

(Figure 15)

2) Columns
The “Columns” tab as shown in Figure 16 gives you the ability to select which columns you wish to have on the report. The “Available Columns” listing shows all columns that are available for you to place on the report. The “Columns to Display” listing shows all columns that you have placed on the report.

In order to add a column to the report, you must select the column from the “Available Columns” listing and click the “Add” button. This action will move the column from the “Available Columns” listing to the “Columns to Display” listing.

In order to remove a column from the report, you must select the column from the “Columns to Display” listing and click the “Remove” button. This action will move the column from the “Columns to Display” listing to the “Available Columns” listing.

In order to arrange the columns on the report, click on the column in the “Columns to Display” listing and click the up/down arrows to move the column up or down with the top-most column displaying first on the report.

(Figure 16)

3) Sort by
The “Sort by” tab as shown in Figure 17 gives you the ability to sort the records displayed on the report. The “Available Fields” listing shows all fields that are available for you to sort records by on the report with the listing being populated by the “Columns to Display” listing on the “Columns” tab. The “Sort by Fields” listing shows all fields that you have selected in order to sort records by on the report.

In order to add a field to "sort by fields", you must select the field from the “Available Fields” listing and click the “Add” button. This action will move the column from the “Available Fields” listing to the “Sort by Fields” listing.

In order to remove a field from the report, you must select the field from the “Sort by Fields” listing and click the “Remove” button. This action will move the column from the “Sort by Fields” listing to the “Available Fields” listing.

In order to arrange which field to sort first for records on the report, click on the field in the “Sort by Fields” listing and click the up/down arrows to move the field up or down with the top-most field being used first.

(Figure 17)

4) Filter by
The “Filter by” tab as shown on Figure 18 gives you the ability to limit the number of records shown on the report. The “Available Fields” listing shows all available fields that you can select in order to filter records. The “Filter by Criteria” listing shows the criteria you have applied against the report in order to limit the number of records that will be displayed.

(Figure 18)

In order to add filter criteria to the report, you must select the field from the “Available Fields” listing, complete the criteria, and click the “Add” button as shown on Figure 19. This action will move the column from the “Available Fields” listing to the “Filter by Criteria” listing.

(Figure 19)

In order to remove filter criteria from the report, you must select the filter criteria from the “Filter by Criteria” listing and click the “Remove” button.

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