Is there anyone with tips on using the GUI to generate a "Guided Report"?

I took a look at the documentation (Creating Reports With Report Painter > Creating Guided Reports > Creating a Guided Report) and, as usual, in a textbook scenario, this *might* work as described, but over here, in the real world, I am having trouble implementing it.

• I followed the instructions to "Create a Guided Report Using One Variable for All Selected Columns". That created a control on the form where report columns can be selected. Then I tried "Edit Variable Fields" where you can provide user-friendly column names. After doing this, the GUI did not update the existing control, but created a new control!
  
• How do you do this Guided Report thing if you do not want the report to be embedded in a frame on the form page? I want to launch the report in a new window.
  
• "A Guided Report is a highly parametrized report", but how do you add filters? I see no documentation on this aspect of a report
  

I'm sure I will find more frustrations shortly.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Francis Mariani,

I've figured out that I can follow the instructions in "Creating a Guided Report" and then reference the fex in HTML Composer.

There is no mention of how to set things up so that when the output format control is created, multiple options are automatically generated.

Hi Francis...you been gone awhile?

I have but I'm back in action

Here we go again.

Create an HTML page in HTML Composer. Add a form. Point the submit button to an existing External procedure. All the report parameters appear in a list of controls. You cannot select a Double-list control, so you leave them as Text box controls. Back to the form, you cannot change the Text box controls to Double-list controls, so you have to delete them and add Double-list controls and then bind them to the parameters. This is 2012.