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Report Options

(or click the Report Options tab when in Advanced format)

Use to specify report options for data collected from an analysis or manually entered data. Report Options files also help in customizing report details such as axis scale, axis range, and column headings. These files may contain tabular reports, plots, or both, as well as user-defined report tables.

Customized report options files can be created then loaded into a sample file, allowing quick and easy generation of reports.

Report Options files may be defined to include overlay options. This system allows the overlay of up to 25 plots of different samples onto a plot of the same type or overlay one plot type onto a different plot type from the same analysis. See Overlay Multiple Mercury Porosimetry Graph Options.

Report Options Fields and Buttons Table
Field or Button Description
Edit [button]

Edit graph options.

Plot Points. Select to plot points on the graph.

Plot Curve. Select to plot curves on the graph.

Show Histogram. Select to show the graph as a histogram. When selected, the Plot Points and Plot Curve selections are disabled.

Header Options [button]

Show report title. Enter a report title to appear on the report header.

Show bitmap. Displays the selected graphic on the report header.

Height / Width. Enter the height and width of the selected graphic. These values determine the graphic appearance on the generated report.

Intrusion Data Options [button]

This button is also located on Intrusion reports.

Adjust intrusion for compressibility:

  • Use coefficients from compressibility report. Select to have the application use the coefficients from the Material Compressibility report rather than from the Material Properties.
  • Use material properties. Select to have the application use the parameters from Material Properties rather than from the Material Compressibility report.

Report negative intrusion. Select to report small incorrect polarities (negative intrusions or positive extrusions) which may indicate the presence of noise, improper blank correction, or analyzer malfunction.

Select Data Included in Intrusion Reports. Enter range of pressure. This range applies to the first twelve reports on the options list. When these selections are changed in the intrustion report, the lower right graph x-axis and the intrusion data in the graph will change accordingly. The two blue range bars can then be used to select the required range of data.

  • Pressure. The default behavior of the application is to select data using pressure as this is the quantity which is varied during mercury porosimetry analysis. The maximal range of data (all data) is selected by default. It is advisable to use this default setting unless there is a specific goal is required.
  • Pore size. Uses the Washburn equation to translate the user entered pore size range to a corresponding pressure range used for data selection.
  • Particle size.This option is less commonly used. In the Material Properties window, select the checkbox Use entered density and complete the Bulk density and effective Particle density fields. See Material Properties. The effective Particle density and Bulk density quantities are necessary to compute the interstitial porosity of the powder used in the Mayer-Stowe calculation.

Smooth differentials. Select to apply smoothing to any differentials reported in tables or graphs.

Overlays [button]

Select the files to overlay.

Reference [button]

Select a sample file to compare analysis results with the current sample.

Selected Reports [check box]

Select the report names to include in the report.

Specification [button]

Selects the sample files to be used for the boundaries of the coarse and fine specifications. This helps in determining if the results of the current sample are within the specified boundaries.

  For fields and buttons not listed in this table, see Common Fields and Buttons.
 
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