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The Reporting tab contains the following options:
Format Output for... | |
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Screen |
Select Screen to format reports for the screen. |
Printer |
Select Printer to format reports for the printer. |
The following options affect the display of the Fields window:
Field List Options |
Description |
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Sort the list by field name |
Sorts any list of field names alphabetically. |
Show fully qualified field names |
Displays any list of field names as qualified field names, which includes data source and table names, alphabetically. |
Display the field name |
Displays the full field name in the Fields window, as specified in the file description. |
Display the field alias |
Displays the alternate field name in the fields window, as specified in the file description. |
Display field titles |
Displays the column title in the Fields window, as specified in the file description. |
Display field descriptions |
Displays descriptive information about the field in the Fields window, as specified in the file description. |
Display the data formats |
Displays the field length and format type in the Fields window, as specified in the file description. |
Expand Field Tree |
Displays fields in expanded mode when using a Field Tree. If this option is not selected, segments appear collapsed wherever a Field Tree appears. Note: This option can also be accessed from the Field Tree context menu. |
Display Filters in Filters Folder |
Displays Filters in a separate Filters folder of the Field Tree. If this option is not selected, Filters appear with the rest of the fields in the segment. Note: This option can also be accessed from the Field Tree context menu. |
Style Sheet Merge Options
Option |
Description |
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Drill Down |
Preserves drill downs in your current StyleSheet when you apply another StyleSheet to a report. |
Authoring Mode
The Authoring Mode options determine how fieldnames in a procedure (.fex) are written in the WebFOCUS source code. These options are not affected by the selected Field List options.
Option |
Description |
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Qualified field name |
Writes the source code using qualified field names, for example: BY ‘GGSALES.SALES01.CATEGORY’ |
Unqualified field name |
Writes the source code using unqualified field names, for example: BY CATEGORY |
Alias field name |
Writes the source code using alias field names, as defined in the ALIAS field of the Master File. The ALIAS field assigns an alternative name for a column. The following example shows source code where the Category field name is assigned E02 in the ALIAS field of the ggsales.mas Master File. BY E02 |
Other Options
Option |
Description |
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Default Report Format |
Select the display format for your reports. You may choose:
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Maximum number of records to retrieve/Maximum number of readings to make |
Specifies a limit on the number of records to retrieve from the data source. Setting a retrieval limit creates selection criteria for both Retrieval Limit and Read Limit dialog boxes. Use this when you need only a few records to test the design of a new report, or you know how many records meet the test criteria and want to stop a search after those records are retrieved. This reduces total retrieval time. |
Default Style Template |
Specifies the default style template file. By default, this file is named default.stl and is located in your Developer Studio bin directory. The default.stl file specifies the name of the default stylesheet used for each development area (localhost, Data Servers, Managed Reporting, and Repository). You can edit this file. Note: Managed Reporting is only for releases prior to WebFOCUS 8. Repository is only for WebFOCUS 8 and higher. Within default.stl, there are four entries: LOCAL=endeflt DATASERVER=endeflt MRE=endeflt WFC=endeflt LOCAL represents the localhost development area. DATASERVER represents the Data Servers development area. MRE represents the Managed Reporting development area. WFC represents the Repository development area. You can change endeflt to point to any Reporting Server stylesheet. By default, endeflt is used in all areas. |
Default Report Template |
Specifies the default report settings when you open Report Painter. |
How to: |
The Reporting tab of the Developer Studio Options dialog box allows you to set a report format that will be used as the default format by Report Painter.
The following procedure describes how to set the default report format. For this task, you will select the User format.
The User output is now the Default Report Option in the Developer Studio Report Painter. The User format allows the developer to select the actual output type at run time. For example, a developer could choose to view a report as Excel 2007, PDF, active report for Flash, and more.
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