because everyone makes decisions developer studio topics and demonstration jeff winters, branch...
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Because Everyone Makes Decisions
Developer StudioTopics and Demonstration
Jeff Winters, Branch Technical Specialist
WebFOCUS USF User Meeting
Developer Studio Topics
Accordion Reports (2 ways – automatic and manual)
Freeze Titles and Columns
Active Report HTML5
Suppress chart toolbar in Active charts
Report Painter Controls for ‘Guided Query’
HTML Composer Chain and Line Separators
HTML Composer List Box features
Move, Search and Page
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WebFOCUS USF User Meeting Accordion Reports - Automatic
Automatically controlled by SET command
Only in HTML.
SET EXPANDBYROW = ON
Expands downward – columns all line up
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WebFOCUS USF User Meeting Accordion Reports - Automatic
Choose to do a Set from the Procedure Viewer
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WebFOCUS USF User Meeting Accordion Reports - Manual
Can specify specific roll ups at each sort level
Only in HTML reports
Expands to the right
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WebFOCUS USF User Meeting Accordion Reports - Manual
In Report Painter, Report Options panel, Features tab
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WebFOCUS USF User Meeting Accordion Reports - Manual
Must add SUM fields multiple times for each roll up
Use Sort Groups tab to create roll up levels
This creates a ‘multi-verb’ report
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingFreeze Titles
Freeze Titles (or Footings)
Only in HTML
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingFreeze Titles
In Report Options panel, Features tab
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingFreeze Columns
Freeze Columns
Only in Active HTML reports
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingFreeze Columns
In Report Options panel, Format tab
Select column to freeze on
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingActive Report HTML5
Only in Active HTML Report
In Report Painter, Report Options panel, Features tab
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingActive Report HTML5
Supported in all up to date browsers
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingSuppress chart toolbar in Active charts
Manually add into stylesheet:
TYPE=REPORT, AR_SHOW_MENUBAR=OFF,$
Can also change icons
ARICONSET=WHITE
Not supported in GUI (Report Painter)
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingReport Painter Controls for ‘Guided Query’
In Report Painter, select all the possible BY’s for the user
Click the pull down to create the variable for the BY columns
Click on the & to create the variable
Do the same for the SUM columns
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingHTML Composer Chain and Line Separators
In HTML Composer, when you import the report procedure, you can create ‘groups’ of parameters on the launch page using the Line Separator
Simply a way to logically group parameters on the launch screen – move the Line Separator up to do the grouping
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingHTML Composer List Box features
In HTML Composer, right click on a list box to bring up additional controls
Move Items – lets the user move the items up and down in the list box
Paging – lets the user page through the list box
Search – lets the user search in the list box
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WebFOCUS USF User MeetingQuestions?
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Questions?
Thank you!