Working with Report Themes and Filter Groups

A theme is a group of named settings saved for later use, such as a report layout or sort theme. Themes are either public or private. A public theme is available for use by all PCS Axis users. A private theme is available only to the user who creates it.

Several installed themes are provided with the PCS Axis software installation. PCS Axis installed themes are public themes available to all PCS Axis users. These themes are identified with a globe icon and PCS in brackets [PCS], such as [PCS] Test Point Inspections.

A filter group is a named set of one or more filters that affect the data output of a report. PCS Axis provides two types of filter groups you can define and include in the property settings of a report. These include the AND and OR filter groups.

When you add a filter group, you define filter conditions that determine which records to include or exclude in a report. Adding an AND filter group produces a subset of records that meet all filter conditions. Adding an OR filter group produces a subset of records that meet any filter condition. When you generate the report, PCS Axis processes filters in descending order beginning with the filter at the top of the filter group.

The following sections describe how to add a report layout theme, sort theme, and an optional filter group. Topics include those in the following list:

•	Adding a Columnar Report Layout Theme

•	Adding a Summary Report Layout Theme

•	Adding a Report Sort Theme

•	Adding an AND Filter Group

•	Adding an OR Filter Group

•	Editing and Arranging Filter Groups