Create reports
This chapter describes step by step how a report is created, in general. For details on how to add objects such as images, tables, plots, fields, thermal fields, and formulas to the report, refer to chapter Edit reports.
Create a blank report
On the Reporting page:
In the File group on the toolbar, click New and then click Create blank report. A blank report page is added to the Pages pane.
In the Image library pane, navigate to the folder where you have stored the images you want to create a report on.
Add the images:
To add a single image, click the image and then click Add selected to report (plus button).
To add multiple images, click the images while pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and then click the Add selected to report (plus button).
To add all images in the folder, first select all images using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + A, and then click the Add selected to report (plus button).
You can also go up one level in the file system hierarchy and select the folder, and then click the Add selected to report (plus button).
The selected images are added to the blank report.
Use the toolbar to insert images, tables, plots, fields, thermal fields, and acoustic fields in the report.
To save the report, click File and then click Save as report.
In the Save as dialog, browse to the folder where you want to store the report, type a name for the report, and then click Save.
Generate a report using a template
On the Reporting page:
In the File group on the toolbar, click New and then click Generate report using template. A page with the Available templates and Template preview panes appears.
Click the template you want to use, and then click Select.
In the Image library pane, navigate to the folder where you have stored the images you want to create a report on.
Add the images:
To add a single image, click the image and then click the To report, or drag the image to the Pages pane.
To add multiple images, click the images while pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and then click the To report, or drag the images to the Pages pane.
To add all images in the folder, first select all images using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + A, and then click the To report.
The selected images are added to the report template in the Pages pane.
At the lower right corner, click the Next screen arrow.
Review the report.
To save the report, click File and then click Save as report.
In the Save as dialog, browse to the folder where you want to store the report, type a name for the report, and then click Save.
Generate a report using Rapid Report
With the Rapid Report functionality, you can create a shortcut to a FLIR Thermal Studio report on your computer desktop, and then drop images or a folder of images on the shortcut to create a report. You can create one or multiple Rapid Report shortcuts on your desktop.
On the Reporting page:
In the File group on the toolbar, click New and then click Generate report using template.
In the Available templates pane, right-click the template you want to create a shortcut to, and then click Create RapidReport shortcut. The Shortcut created on desktop message appears in the upper right corner of the page.
Navigate to the images (or to the folder of images) that you want to create a report on.
Drag the images (or the folder of images) and drop them on the newly created shortcut on the desktop. The Open with FLIR Thermal Studio message appears.
The report is created and then opened in FLIR Thermal Studio.