Create Template on Manifest Data and Generate a Report
The following steps illustrate the sequence with screen capture on ‘how to create a template to export manifest data to a spreadsheet. In this worked example, the information will be exported using data from a folder node at the Area level 1 under the manifest directory within the tree structure. A few data points for a Manifest related type of report may include.
Steps
In "simple search mode" select the Home module button 
(if it’s not already the default module)
1. Expand Manifest directory nodes to view the folder location, e.g. level 1 Area node
2. Press the Folder name. Take note that the manifest list grid 
defaults to Cat Name. The default view mode is Cat Name.
3. Click
the Report Generator button
at the top right corner of the user interface
4. Ignore the default selection “Selected
”and click
the Current page radio button
option
5. Note that the listed materials already contain red tags flagged out as per tags criteria set up for the domain.
Click
the OK button
6. Press the Advanced tab from the report generator panel
7. Select the Country from the drop-down arrow , e.g., Australia
8. Select the Language from the drop-down arrow , e.g., English
9. Select the SDS format as GHS from the drop-down arrow
10. Hover move pointer over
the Add
icon to open the method builder window in order to add data points and then create a report template
11. Click
the Add Report Datapoints button to open the method builder window and create a report template
12. Select the expand arrow next to the Identification folder directory to open the list of datapoints
13. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
14. Scroll up to select the expand arrow next to the PPE folder directory to open the list of datapoints
15. Click
the data point checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
16. Scroll down to select the expand arrow next to the Physical Properties folder directory to open the list of datapoints
17. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
18. Scroll down to select the expand arrow next to the Regulatory folder directory to open the list of datapoints
19. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
20. Scroll down to select the expand arrow next to the Dangerous Goods (DG) Data folder directory to open the list of datapoints
21. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
22. Scroll down to select the expand arrow next to the Safety folder directory to open the list of datapoints
23. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
24. Scroll down to select the expand arrow next
to the Manifest folder directory to open the list of datapoints
25. Click
the data points checkboxes listed below. Note that the selected data points will be automatically listed on the right-hand side pane for further editing.
26. Type 
the Report template name in the Report Name free text field 
27. Press the Create Report button
A confirmation message will display in the top middle of the user interface when the report is created and the method builder window will close and the report generator panel will be retained to continue the tasks below.
28. Select the “Enable multiple” checkbox
29. Select the Report units from the drop-down arrow , e.g., Original
30. Select the Format from the drop-down arrow 
, e.g., XLS
31. Select the Download images checkbox 
32. Press
the Download button
33. Choose a “file location
” from the desktop/laptop to save the report if your desktop is not set to automatically save downloads to the “Downloads Folder”
34. Open the downloaded file “Manifest Data Report.xls”
35. The report exports data into the respective report format, e.g., spreadsheet 
.
The datapoints in the report template in the Advanced mode have been created by Chemwatch and the information exported is an inference from the data located in the source folder or location within the system’s tree structure, which is data drawn from your company’s inventory.
Manifest Report with GHS Pictograms
Manifest Report with DG Diamonds
Use the same steps to create other report templates
and generate respective reports based on other types of datapoints; the exported data will resemble the following report, although the datapoints may vary from one report template to another. Close the report generator panel by clicking the close 
icon or the cancel button 
.