Define a configured report to trigger publications only
To define a configured report that only provides an interface to trigger publications:
- In the Reports tab, right-click the Reports folder or a sub-folder and select Create New Report. You will see the new configured report listed below the selected folder.
As an alternative to defining all attributes for a new configured report, you can copy and paste an existing configured report and make modifications, as needed. To do so, right-click the existing configured report that you want to copy and select Copy. Right-click the new configured report and select Paste. Modify the necessary attributes described below.
- In the property window, define the following attributes for the configured report:
- Name: Change the technical name of the configured report to a meaningful value.
- Caption: Enter a caption for the configured report. The caption will be displayed in the Alfabet user interface. The caption of the configured report may exceed the conventional 64 character limit.
- Description: Ener a description to inform users working with a data workbench for reports about the meaning of the report. On the user interface, the description is displayed in data workbenches and optionally in the content area in propery groups for the configured report. It is not displayed on opening the report.
- Technical Comment: Provide information that is useful for solution designers working with Alfabet Expand in order to better understand the configured report from a technical perspective. The Technical Comment is displayed in data workbenches for reports and optionally in the content area in propery groups for the configured report.
- Type: Select Query. This is the default for new configured reports.
- Apply to Class: To apply the configured report to one specified object class, click the Browse
button to open a dialog box and select the object class to which you want to apply the configured report and click OK. If you set the attribute, a selector will be displayed at the top of the configured report. The user can select a base object for the report in the selector. - Base Classes: Define the object classes that must be available to run the configured report. If this attribute is set, the Alfabet Server checks whether the object classes specified as base classes are excluded from the view scheme used to access the configured report. If the user does not have access permissions to one of the base classes, the configured report will be disabled. To set the attribute, click the Browse button to select the object classes that are required to run the configured report and click OK.
- Right-click the configured report and select Add Publication.
- In the selector that opens select one or multiple publication configurations that should be triggered via the configured report. A Publications folder is added to the configured report. The publication configurations are added as sub-nodes to the folder.
To add additional publication configurations to the configured report, right-click the Publications folder and select Add Publication.
To remove a publication configuration from the configured report, right-click the publication configuration node in the Publications folder and select Detach Publication.
- Right-click the configured report and select Create Custom Report View. The configured report view is added to the configured report and opens in the center pane.
- Delete all controls and elements from the report view.
- In the toolbar of Alfabet Expand, click the Save
button to save your changes. - Right-click the configured report and select Add Publication Control. A new window opens.
- In the Add Publication Control window, set Dock to Fill. All other fields must be left empty.
- Click OK to apply your changes.
The new control is only visible in the report view displayed in the center pane if you close and reopen the report view in the middle pane.
- In the toolbar of Alfabet Expand, click the Save button.