Binding Objects to an Active Technologies Report

How to:

You can create multiple views of an active report by binding an active report or active chart object to an active report. Binding or synchronizing is the act of configuring an association between an active report and an active report or active chart object in the HTML Composer.

You can synchronize active report and active chart objects and show the synchronized report groups in the HTML Composer. The synchronize options are available from the Positioning toolbar in the HTML Composer.

You can only synchronize objects to one active report at a time. If you try to synchronize an object to a second active report, the first synchronization is removed.


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Procedure: How to Synchronize Report and Chart Objects to Active Technologies Reports
  1. In the HTML Composer, you can add an active report to the layout by using any of the following methods:
    • Select New Report from the Insert menu.

      Double-click the report object to create the active report in Report Painter.

    • Select New Report from the Insert menu.

      Right-click the report object and select Reference existing procedure from the context menu to add the active report.

    • Select Import Existing Procedure from the Insert menu to add the active report.
  2. Add an active report or active chart object to the layout.
    • Select New Report or New Graph from the Insert menu.

      The cursor changes into a crosshair.

    • Click and drag the crosshair to create an active report or active chart object and adjust it to the size you want.
  3. Select the objects to be synchronized.
    • Select the active report or active chart object as the object to be synchronized.
    • While pressing and holding the Ctrl key, select the active report as the report that you want to bind to.

      The synchronize buttons on the Positioning toolbar are activated.

      In the example below, the active report is the binding object and the chart object is about to be synchronized to the active report.

      Active Report on the canvas

      The binding object (active report) is indicated by clear boxes around the edges. The synchronized object (active report or active chart object) is indicated by solid black boxes around the edges.

  4. Click the Synchronize to active report button on the Positioning toolbar.

    Synchronize to active report button

    The active report or active chart object is synchronized and refreshed with data from the active report.

    There is no separate procedure associated with these active report objects. If you right-click these items, there are no options to edit the procedure.


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Procedure: How to Show Synchronized Active Technologies Report Groups

Select Show synchronized reports from the Positioning toolbar.

Show synchronized reports button

The synchronized groups are shown in the layout.

In the following example, there are two synchronized report groups. The Production Units Analysis graph is synchronized to the Production Units Analysis active report, and the Sales by Category graph is synchronized to the Sales by Category active report.

Synchronized reports on the canvas


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Procedure: How to Select Properties for Synchronized Reports

You can change the active report object properties by using the Properties tab in the Properties window.

  1. Select the synchronized active report object in the layout and click the Properties tab.

    The active report object properties appear.

  2. Select the active report type drop-down list to change the type of active report for the object.

    The options are <Not Set>, Grid, Pivot, Bar, Line, Pie.

    Alignment options

  3. Optionally, If you select Bar, Line, or Pie as the active report type, additional X-axis and Y-axis selections are available for the synchronized report.
    • Select the active report X axis drop-down list.
    • Select the active report Y axis drop-down list.

    Active report Y axis drop-down menu

    If you change the X and Y values for a chart object, the selections are not reflected in the Design view of the HTML Composer. These values are applied at run time.


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Procedure: How to Delete an Active Technologies Report Object

An active report object can only be populated if it is synchronized with an active report. To break the synchronization between an active report or active chart with an active report, delete the object.

  1. Select the synchronized active report or active chart object in the layout.
  2. Click Delete from the Edit menu.

    The active report object is deleted.


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