Reporting
This chapter describes the Reporting tab and how you create reports and reporting templates, in general. For details on how to add elements such as images, tables, plots, fields, thermal fields, and formulas to the report, refer to chapter Edit reports and templates.
General
You can create a report from scratch or by using a template—either select one of the available templates or create a new one.
Reports are saved in the .atr (advanced thermal report) file format and report templates are saved in the .att (advanced thermal template) file format. Both formats can be exported to Adobe PDF or Microsoft XPS.
When images are added to a report, copies of the images are made. This means, when changes are made to an image that has been added to a report, the original image stays unchanged.
Generate a report using a template
Select the Reporting tab, and then select the Templates view.
To open the report workspace screen, do one of the following:
Right-click the template you want to use, and then click Select.
Click a template, and then click New report using template on the top toolbar.
On the top toolbar, click Add image. This displays the library in the left pane.
To add images to the report, drag an image or folder from the left pane and drop it into the page pane.
To save the report, click the button with three dots at the top right corner, and then select one of the options.
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.
To create a report shortcut, follow this procedure:
Select the Reporting tab, and then select the Templates view.
Right-click the template you want to create a shortcut to, and then click Create RapidReport shortcut.
To generate a report using Rapid Report, follow this procedure:
Open File Explorer on your computer and 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 report shortcut on the desktop.
The report is created and then opened in FLIR Thermal Studio.
Create a blank report
When you create a new blank report, you must first add elements, such as thermogram, parameters, and measurements, before you can add images.
Select the Reporting tab, and then select the Reports view.
On the top toolbar, click New blank report. This opens the report workspace screen.
On the top toolbar, click Add field. This displays the available elements in the left pane.
In the page pane, click the report page where you want to add elements.
In the left pane, click the elements you want to add to the selected page.
To add a page, click the Add page button at the bottom of the page pane.
On the top toolbar, click Add image. This displays the library in the left pane.
To add an image to the report, drag the image from the left pane to a thermogram in the center pane.
To save the report, click the button with three dots at the top right corner, and then select one of the options.
Create a reporting template
If the predefined reporting templates do not meet your requirements, you can create your own custom templates. You can create a new template from scratch or edit an existing template.
Select the Reporting tab, and then select the Templates view.
To open the template workspace screen, do one of the following:
To create a new template, click Create template on the top toolbar.
To edit a template, right-click the template and then click Edit.
On the top toolbar, click Add page element. This displays the available elements in the left pane.
In the page pane, click the report page where you want to add elements.
In the left pane, click the elements you want to add to the selected page.
To add a page, click the Add page button at the bottom of the page pane.
To save the report, click the button with three dots at the top right corner, and then select one of the options.