If a rail wear or geometry/GRMS query is run from the map's Reports menu, the track locations where the query finds data are displayed on the map. A new sidebar button is also created for each query that finds data. Like other sidebar buttons, it is used to show or hide the query results, or display them on top of other data. It can also be used to run additional reports based on the query results, or to drop the query altogether from the map.
The ability to display multiple query results simultaneously on the map provides a visualization tool for discovering correlated track conditions. A geometry query for unbalanced elevation on curves could be superimposed on a query for high gauge-face wear -- a capability that is unavailable without the map.
Wherever query results appear, you may select them and drill down to other reports and displays. You can drill down on a rail wear query result to see the profiles themselves in the Two-Up Profile View window, and from there, access other charts and reports for that track location. Drilling down on a geometry or GRMS query result opens a Segment Condition Chart showing the measurement channels on which the query was based.
A geometry or GRMS query always writes a report file, in Crystal or CSV format, which is available as soon as the query result has been completed. Rail wear queries may or may not have reports attached. Whether they do or not, it is always possible to generate a report after running the query by going to Report on the sidebar item menu. Query results can be reported as "summary" or "detailed" CSV or Crystal reports. Crystal reports can be exported to PDF, .doc, or .xls formats. This command is executed from the Export Report button that appears at the upper left corner of the Crystal reports.