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This documentation describes how to use WebFOCUS Managed Reporting in Developer Studio. It is intended as a reference for application developers who create and manage content.
This manual includes the following chapters:
Chapter/Appendix | Contents | |
1 | Describes Managed Reporting, ReportCaster, and Dashboard. Explains Managed Reporting concepts, Dashboard customization, and how to access and use Managed Reporting and Dashboard. Describes how to add, edit, and review properties of WebFOCUS environments. | |
2 | Describes the concept of domains in Managed Reporting and explains how to view and edit domain properties. | |
3 | Describes how to edit and view properties of Standard Reports, and explains how to run and run defer Standard Reports. | |
4 | Describes how to create and run Reporting Objects, which can contain different components: Others (procedures you code in the text editor), Joins, Defines, Filters, Where statements, Report templates, and Graph templates. | |
5 | Describes how to use the Publish utility to create an HTML launch page for a report listed in the Standard Reports folder. | |
6 | Describes how to work with the Data Servers feature to access file resources on all WebFOCUS Servers in your environment. Explains how to create and manage metadata, stored procedures, HTML form files, WebFOCUS StyleSheets, and Other Files (for applications only). | |
7 | Describes features in Managed Reporting that can be used to facilitate change management, which is the process of moving application components between WebFOCUS environments. | |
8 | Describes how alerts enable Managed Reporting Administrators and Developers to distribute entire reports or selected sections of a report only when certain test conditions are met. |
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Indicates a default setting. |
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Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option you can click or select. |
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Highlights a file name or command. |
Key + Key |
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{ } |
Indicates two or three choices; type one of them, not the braces. |
[ ] |
Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets. |
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Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol. |
... |
Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis points (...). |
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