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The Report Component lets you create a
report template for your users. You use Report Assistant to create the report
and save it as a Reporting Object. When a user selects the Reporting Object in
the browser Domain reporting environment, Report Assistant opens and displays
the report template you created. Users can modify the template to create a
report that suits their needs and then save the new report.
If you have finished working with the
components of the Reporting Object, remember to click
Done
in the Reporting Object window to save the changes.
See the
Creating Reports With Report
Assistant
manual for more information.
Note:
- Do not use the Report Painter to create a report template.
The Report Painter uses FOCUS code that the Report Assistant cannot process.
Report Assistant is the only reporting tool that is available to end users.
- Syntax and error checking are not performed on the commands
you enter until the Reporting Object is executed.
-
When using Amper Auto prompting (Reporting Object
properties have
Prompt for
Parameters selected), there are scenarios in which users are
prompted to provide amper variable values in selection criteria (WHERE)
statements in the Reporting Object that the user did not save with their My
Report. This is due to internal processing of My Reports that are created from
Reporting Objects. You can avoid this issue by using the Reporting Object
Filter component to predefine selection criteria that users can select to
include in their My Report. Only the Filter(s) that a user selects to include
in their My Report are evaluated by the WebFOCUS Amper Auto prompting facility.
Customizing Default Colors for
Report Assistant and Graph Assistant
You can customize the background color
and text color of the HTML Report and Graph Assistants. You can accomplish this
by editing the following Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) file in any text editor,
such as Notepad:
\ibi_html\javaassist\ibi\html\assist\rpasstie.css
Syntax: How to Customize the Background and
Text Colors for Report and Graph Assistant
- Open the following file in a
text editor:
\ibi_html\javaassist\ibi\html\assist\rpasstie.css
- Create a backup copy before you make any changes.
- Apply your changes only to the background color
and color variables. For example, you can replace the color codes as follows:
BODY{
/* background-color: #C0C0C0; */ /* silver */
background color: Blue;
margin: 0;
}
BODY, A {
/* color: #000000; */
color: white;
}
Tip: Retain the original style with comments /*
*/ to change colors back to the default.
Reference: Rules for Customizing the
CSS
The following are some basic rules
for customizing the CSS file:
- Styling changes are made only in the CSS files.
- It is not necessary to edit JSPs.
- If you make a change in one CSS file, it applies to both
the Report and Graph Assistant.
- You can only change the background and font colors, other
changes are not supported.
- Color changes should not affect toolbars, menus, input
boxes, icons, and text.
There is no migration utility for
CSS changes.