1 Introduction
Reports Overview
This topic covers the Reports screen. You will learn how to generate, organize and send flight information.
We estimate that this will take 5 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
Reports Screen
The Reports screen
is designed to provide you with the tools required to build,
validate, view, print, search, save, and file your flight
package.
There are three
groups within the Reports screen:
● Flight
Package Layout group
● Enroute
Stations group
● Display
group.
Flight
Package Layout Group
The Flight
Package Layout group is displayed in a tree view, and offers the
ability to customize what is included in the flight package.
Flight Package Drop-down List
This is the
list of available flight package layouts (sorted
alphabetically). If there are no flight package layouts
available, the drop-down-list will include a single entry named Default
Flight Package Layout which corresponds
to a default flight package layout designed to mimic the current
functionality. Selecting a layout from the Flight Package
drop-down list causes the Package Contents list to update to
show the current contents of the selected layout. To expand or
collapse a category, click on the + or - sign to the left of the
section header.
Package Contents List
The Package
Contents list displays the components from the selected flight
package layout in the order they have been set. This list is
determined by the Package Contents list in the Package
Definition group.
Click on a
checkbox to select or deselect a component as part of the
package.
If included in
the flight package layout, the Custom Map Images and/or
City-Pair Map Images nodes are displayed even when no
corresponding map images exist. In this case the flight package
itself will not include corresponding empty sections as no map
images have been selected.
Enroute
Stations Group
The Enroute
Stations group on the Reports screen allows you to enter up to
twelve stations for the purpose of including weather for those
stations in the flight package.
The order in
which the weather stations are entered is insignificant. You can
enter a weather station in any of the twelve boxes available.
If enroute
stations are added or removed, the stations that remain appended
to the flight are those that were present when the last flight
plan/flight package/weather/NOTAMs were sent. If a flight is
computed with additional stations, but is not sent, those
stations are not included when the flight is reloaded.
If any of the
enroute weather stations are modified when a report is being viewed, a
green bar will be shown at the top left corner of the report
that says the report needs to be reloaded. Clicking this bar
reloads the report.
Display
Group
The Display
group on the Reports Screen displays the loaded elements of the
flight package.
<<: Previous
Page - Clicking on the Previous Page symbol brings up the
previous page of the flight package.
>>: Next Page - Clicking on the Next
Page symbol brings up the next page of the flight package.
The current and
total page numbers are displayed between the previous and next buttons.
You can use the drop-down menu to go directly to any page.
PDF: View
as PDF - Click on the PDF link
causes a PDF version of the flight package to be opened in a new
window. See the CA48-ATC ICAO form for information on how to
make the ATC ICAO form editable.
Text: Open as Text - Click on the Text button
to open the Flight plan as a text file in a new web window. You
can then print using standard browser print workflow.
Preview Flight Package: Click on the Preview
Flight Package button to show the full flight package in
the Display group.
Send
to ATC/Confirm Buttons
The Send
to ATC button
opens the ATC Confirmation pop-up window. Once the ATC
Confirmation dialog opens, the Send
to ATC button
changes to Confirm. Clicking on the Confirm button
sends the ICAO ATC message to the recipients listed in the Send
to ATC dialog. This button is disabled when running a test
flight.
Send
Flight Package Button
The Send
Flight Package button allows you to send the entire flight
package or selected portions of the flight package to the
recipients listed in the Send Flight Package dialog. To send the
entire package, select the Send
Flight Packagebutton (left side). Once the Send Flight Package dialog
opens, enter the desired recipients and details on when to send
the package, then press Send. To select a
component or components to send, click on the drop-down arrow of
the button (right side), and select one of the options (Send
flight plan, Send weather, Send NOTAMs or Send Free Text). Once
the Send Flight Package pop-up window opens, enter the desired
recipients and details on when to send the package, then press Send. This button is
disabled when running a test flight.
If you select Send
NOTAMs using
the drop-down arrow button, only Company and Station NOTAMs will
be sent, not FIR NOTAMs.
Send
ACARS Button
The Send
ACARS button
allows you to send an ACARS message to the recipients listed in
the Send ACARS pop-up window.
Attach
Button
The Attach button
allows you to import documents to the Flight Package. The
embedded documents appear in the Company Documents section you
specified on the maintenance screen. Formats accepted are, .pdf,
.jpg, .png, and .txt. An Attach
Company Document dialog will appear when you
select the Attach button.
Select Choose File to
open up a dialog box to select your file, once selected you can
add it by selecting the Upload button.
Permit
Rmks Button
The Permit
Rmks button
opens the Permit Remarks dialog.
IFPS Validate Button
The IFPS Validate button sends a validation request to EUROCONTROL for the loaded flight plan. This is only used for flights applicable to the EUROCONTROL zone. Any errors in the validation process will appear in the error bar and a failure icon will appear in the IFPS Validate button. A successful validation will result in a success icon appearing in the IFPS Validate button.
RAIM
Validate Button
RAIM is not
available to all customers, contact your Account Manager for
more information.
The RAIM
Validate button sends a validation request for the
loaded flight plan to the DW International RAIM web service. Any
errors in the validation process will appear in the error bar
and a failure icon will appear in the RAIM
Validate button. A successful validation will result
in a success icon appearing in the RAIM
Validate button. This can also be defaulted in FOMS
Menu 170.
N-FP has the
ability to add RAIM validation (i.e., pass or fail) messages to
the flight package. This functionality is format-dependent.
Contact support for more
information on configuring your formats.