<h2>Introduction</h2>

<p>Every report in TIM Enterprise can be fully customised, from how they perform their calculations to the way they appear.</p>

<p>To amend a report, you need to edit its associated <acronym title="eXtensible Stylesheet Language">XSL</acronym> or <acronym title="Portable Document Format">PDF script</acronym> file, paying attention to the class of web user whose content you want to change, and which report format.</p>

<p>This document details how to change the tax rate in the <span class="reference">Billing Report</span> in both <span class="reference">Web</span> and <span class="reference">PDF</span> formats, for any web user with a class of <span class="reference">Administrator</span>.</p>

<p>Every report has a unique ID number which the system uses to identify the report type; the report ID for a <span class="reference">Billing Report</span> is <span class="reference">2</span>.</p>

<h2>Changing Web format</h2>

<p>Open the following file in a plain text editor such as <b>Notepad</b>:-</p>

<p>Look in the first few lines of code for the VAT amount, then change it to the new amount, respecting the decimal point and number of decimal places:-</p>

<img id="border" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/vat_xsl.png" alt="VAT change XSL snippet" />

<p>Save the file and run a new <span class="reference">Billing Report</span> in <span class="reference">Web format</span> to verify the amount has changed. If it hasn't then you may be running the report as a web user with a different web class than <span class="reference">Administrator</span>; in which case, modify the file in the path specified above but choose the appropriate folder other than <span class="keyword">_admin</span>.</p>

<h2>Changing PDF format</h2>

<p>Again, in a plain text editor such as <b>Notepad</b>, edit the following file:-</p>

<p><i>(You'll notice that this is a Javascript file, and that it is located in the <span class="keyword">\pdf\</span> folder of the <span class="keyword">\scripts\</span> folder.)</i></p>

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var _vat = 20.0;