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Reporting

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Reporting — GCsolution

This page covers generating, customizing, and automating reports in GCsolution for the Shimadzu GC-2025. Reports are managed through the Report Generator window, which acts as a desktop publishing tool for your chromatographic data.

Generating a Report

Access the Report Window

  • Click the [Report Generator] icon on the Assistant Bar, OR
  • Double-click a report file (.gcr) in [VERIFY: Data Explorer]

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Load a Template

MethodSteps
Drag and dropDrag a .gcr report format file from [VERIFY: Data Explorer] into the Report window
From menuSelect [File] → [New Format File] → click [Use Template] → choose from standard templates (e.g., ChromSimple1, ChromSplit)

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Load Data and Print

  1. Drag and drop a data file (.gcd) from [VERIFY: Data Explorer] onto the report
  2. Click the Preview icon on the Assistant Bar to verify the layout
  3. Click Print to send to printer
  4. Save your customized report format (.gcr) for reuse

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Customizing Report Contents

Adding Items

  1. Click an icon on the report item tool palette (e.g., Chromatogram, Peak Table, Calibration Curve)
  2. Click and drag diagonally on the page to draw a box where you want the item to appear

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Editing Item Properties

Right-click an item and select Properties…, or double-click the item’s handle. This opens a properties window specific to that element:

Chromatogram properties: change X and Y scales, add titles, choose whether to display baseline and peak detection marks. You can specify an exact time/intensity range to zoom in on specific peaks.

Peak Table properties: click the Format tab. Select specific columns (e.g., Peak#, Ret.Time, Area, Conc.) and use the Add >> and << Delete buttons to move them between “Hide Items” and “Display Items” lists. You can also configure the table to print total sums for Area or Concentration.

Calibration Curve properties: in the [Position] tab, check boxes to include the Header (equation and R²), the Graph, and the Table.

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Auto-Printing

For a Single Run

  1. Click [Single Run] on the Assistant Bar → open the [VERIFY: Sample Login] window
  2. At the bottom of the window, check the Report box
  3. Enter or browse for your saved .gcr report format file
  4. The report prints automatically when the run finishes

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For a Batch Analysis

  1. Open your batch table
  2. For every row that needs a report, check the Report Output checkbox
  3. In the Report Format File column, specify the .gcr file name
  4. For a summary report across the whole batch: define “Summary Start” and “Summary End” rows and specify a Summary Report format file

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Default Report Fallback

If you check the report output box but leave the format file name blank, the software prints using a default format. Set this default via Tools → Option… → Report tab.

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PDF Export

Instead of physical printouts, you can configure automatic PDF export: check “Redirect Report to PDF file” in Tools → Option → PDF Export tab.

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See Also

Graph View

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