Working With Standard Reports

The reports and graphs that you create or import are stored in the Standard Reports folder. The Standard Reports folder contains group and subgroup folders, which provide an additional means of organizing for your Standard Reports. For example, one Standard Reports group folder can contain Standard Reports for inventory management, and another Standard Reports group folder can contain Standard Reports for accounting and billing. It is useful to know that the Managed Reporting folders, including the folder for Standard Reports, are virtual directories in that they do not reflect the actual directory structure of the Managed Reporting repository. For more information, see Using Domains in Managed Reporting.

After you create the account group folder, you can create the actual Standard Report. Multiple Standard Reports can be contained in one Standard Reports group folder. The Standard Reports folder, group folders, and individual Standard Reports are organized in a hierarchical, tree-like structure.

You can work with the Standard Reports folder, group and subgroup folders, and individual Standard Reports using the toolbar. Using this toolbar, you can: create group and subgroup folders, create Standard Reports, work with existing Standard Report groups and reports, edit Standard Report source code, run Standard Reports to verify the report output, create Web pages for Standard Reports, and schedule Standard Reports to run at predetermined dates and times.

In addition to creating new Standard Reports, you can migrate existing procedures from other WebFOCUS products to a Standard Reports folder to make them available to users.

If your Standard Reports require additional files, such as graphic (.gif or .jpg) files, style sheet files, or additional HTML files, use the Other Files folder to store these files. You can use the toolbar to work with the files in the Other Files folder. See Importing Procedures and Other Files Into WebFOCUS for more information.

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Working With Subgroup Folders

You can create subgroup folders that add an additional level of organization to Standard Reports and Reporting Objects. WebFOCUS displays subgroup folders underneath a group folder.

For example, in the following image, the browser view demonstrates that Metropolitan Area Franchise Sales is a subgroup folder under the Eastern Franchise Sales group folder.

Subgroup folders have the same functionality as group folders. Users can select any Standard Report listed under a subgroup folder and perform any function available to them by clicking the appropriate button.

Group folders can contain any number of subgroup folders, although subgroup folders are limited to one sublevel. Subgroup folders are an optional feature. When an Administrator or Developer creates a subgroup folder, Standard Reports can be added directly to the subgroup folder. Administrators and Developers can also continue to add Standard Reports to group folders.

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Procedure: How to Create a Standard Reports Group Folder