Understanding InfoMini Applications

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When you create a report in InfoAssist, you have the option to activate InfoMini. You can run a report with InfoMini activated, which creates an InfoMini application. An InfoMini application contains a subset of the functionality available in a full InfoAssist report. You can limit or expand the functionality that is available to the user at run time when you build the report in InfoAssist.

An InfoMini application opens in its own browser window when it is run from within InfoAssist to test. An InfoMini application does not open in its own browser window in the Business Intelligence (BI) Portal or in any other application that you build yourself.

An InfoMini application has many of the components an InfoAssist report has, with the following exceptions:

There are two items on the Quick Access Toolbar that are exclusive to an InfoMini application. They are:

For more information on the available components and their functionality, see InfoAssist Application Window.


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Using the InfoMini Button

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The InfoMini button can be found on the Format tab, in the Destination group. You can click the InfoMini button to activate the InfoMini option. With the InfoMini button active, you can run a report to open the InfoMini application.

To deactivate the InfoMini option, click the InfoMini button again. There must be at least one option selected from the InfoMini button menu for InfoMini to be activated.

You can set the options available to the user at run time from the menu on the InfoMini button. If you select an option from the menu when the InfoMini button is inactive, the InfoMini option is activated. The options are:

When you select an option from the menu, a check mark appears next to the option. The check mark indicates the option is available for the user at run time within the InfoMini application. If you select a checked option to clear it, the check mark disappears, and the option is no longer available through the InfoMini application. If you clear all of the options from the menu, InfoMini is deactivated.

The menu of the InfoMini button is divided into three sections:

The Run Immediately option is set by default. It enables reports to run immediately when InfoMini first launches. You might want to clear this option so that the user can choose a format and pick slicers before running a report.

When the Save option is selected you can pick up your analysis in InfoMini at the same point. For more information on the options you can make available in Interactive mode, see Interactive Mode. For more information on the options you can make available in the Edit mode, see Edit Mode.



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Interactive Mode

Interactive mode is the default mode when an InfoMini application runs. You can access Interactive mode from the Quick Access Toolbar of an InfoMini application. The Resources panel is not available in Interactive mode. If no options are selected from the InfoMini button when the application runs, the tool still opens in Interactive mode with no ribbon options available.

The following options can be activated in Interactive mode:

From the Home tab, you can access the Format, Filter, and Report groups, with the following exceptions:

For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Home tab, see Home Tab.

From the Format tab, you can access the Output Types group, with the following exceptions:

For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Format tab, see Format Tab.

From the Slicers tab, you can access the Options, Record Limit, and Slicer Group groups, with the following exceptions:

For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Slicers tab, see Using Slicers.



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Edit Mode

You can access the Edit mode from the Quick Access Toolbar of an InfoMini application. The Resources panel is available in Edit mode.

In addition to the tabs that are available in Interactive mode, the following options can be activated in Edit mode:

From the Insert tab, you can access the Reports, Objects, and active dashboard Prompts (for active HTML, active PDF, and active reports only) groups. The Existing Reports button, which is available in the Reports group, is not available in an InfoMini application. For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Insert tab, see Insert Tab.

From the Data tab you can access the Calculation, Filter, and Data Source groups, with the following exceptions:

For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Data tab, see Data Tab.

From the Slicers tab, you can access the Options, Record Limit, and Slicer Group groups, with the following exceptions:

For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Slicers tab, see Using Slicers.

From the Layout tab, you can access the Page Setup and Report groups. For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Layout tab, see Layout Tab.

From the Series tab, you can access the Select, Properties, Line, and Pie groups. For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Series tab, see Series Tab.

From the Resources/Field tab, you can access the Filter, Sort, Break, Style, Format, Specific, Visibility, and Links groups. For more information on the functionality of the available groups on the Field tab, see Field Tab.


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