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Brief Observing Log Document

The Brief Observing Log document allows you to search the Observing Log by using a variety of criteria, and then produce a tabular report.

Brief Observing Log documents are compatible with Detailed Observing Log documents; both have file extension logqry. The Detailed Observing Log document displays report data in a different style and is not customizable in the same ways as the brief format.

Information about the Observing Log Report

The document contains two adjustable panes. The upper pane allows you to specify the search criteria, and the lower pane displays the resulting report.

Document Settings Pane

Document settings are grouped logically into 6 tabbed pages. When a filter tab has at least one filter set that excludes any observations from a report, the tab area shows the filtered icon. This helps you identify at a glance any filter settings that are applied when the database is searched.

Quick links to the tabs follow:

Report Pane

Search initiates the search and ultimately produces a report.

Clear allows you to erase the report text. Report text is automatically erased before a new report is created.

Fit Columns and Show Columns provide control over report content and layout. These functions are discussed in Working with Reports.

Help allows you to open online help to this topic.

A recessed status box appears beside the Help button. It shows the number of observations included in the search result. If the text in the status box is grayed then the settings in the document have been changed and the report has not been refreshed by Search.

Brief Observing Log Report contains the report text that results from the most recent search. Click here to see a description of the report. The text in the report can be scrolled horizontally and vertically using cursor keys or by clicking the scroll bars.

The report window has a context menu that can be accessed by right-clicking in the window. The context menu contains:

▪the designation of the object

▪all project names that contain observations of the object (if any). The project icon indicates a project name to which the observation belongs.

▪all common names associated with the object that appear in the deep-sky or stellar catalogs (if any). The information icon indicates a common name for the object.

▪all cross references associated with the object that appear in the deep-sky or stellar catalogs (if any). The live lookup icon indicates that you can lookup and view essential catalog information for the cross referenced object by clicking the menu item.

▪View Observation opens the selected observation in the Observation Editor but does not allow changes

▪View Images opens the images attached to the selected observation (if any) in a viewing window

▪Preferences allows you to change the format of date, times, angular values, etc

▪Report Style Browser allows you to change the font, text color or background color of the report

Additional Information:

▪Saving a report to HTML

▪Saving a report to CSV

▪Saving a report to Formatted Text

▪Printing a document

▪Previewing a printed document

▪Saving a document

▪Brief Observing Log document speed button can be placed on your tool bar so that you can create a document instantly.