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Reporting Objects are stored in the Reporting Objects folder. The Reporting Objects folder contains simple views of your data that users access to create their own reports. You begin creating a Reporting Object by first defining a Reporting Object group folder. You organize the Reporting Objects under group folders.
After you define a group folder, you define one or more Reporting Objects in that folder. The Reporting Objects that you create can include selection criteria (WHEREs), JOINs, virtual fields (DEFINEs), Filters, and other FOCUS statements, as well as Reports and Graphs, which you supply as templates. You use these Reporting Object components to define the Reporting Objects that are available to the Managed Reporting user environment.
The new Reporting Object group folder appears below the Reporting Object component folder.
A new folder named New Folder appears in the right pane under the selected group folder.
The New Reporting Object Group dialog box opens.
After you have defined the Reporting Object group folder, you can create the actual Reporting Object.
In Developer Studio, right-click a Reporting Object group folder, select New Reporting Object, and then Reporting Object.
The New Reporting Object dialog box opens, as shown in the following image.
See Working With the Server and Application Path Properties in the Creating Domains section of the WebFOCUS Managed Reporting Administrator's Manual.
Note: You must have the Data Server privilege to change the Server and Application Path.
You can also click File to browse the available files. Select the data description and click OK to return to the New Reporting Object dialog box.
Caution: When you create a Reporting Object, do not click the Report Painter button on the Report Assistant window unless you also check Show Only as Standard Report on the New Reporting Object window. You cannot open Reporting Objects created with Report Painter with the Report Assistant in Managed Reporting. However, you can run a Reporting Object when it is shown as a Standard Report.
See the WebFOCUS Managed Reporting End User's Manual for more information.
The Managed Reporting Domain Builder in the browser displays the new group folder and Reporting Object.
Note: You may be prompted for WebFOCUS Server credentials when you click the File button or OK button, depending on your environment.
This dialog box lists the name of the Reporting Object, the date the Reporting Object was created, the file name for the Reporting Object, and the HTML launch page that can be used to run the Reporting Object.
When you copy or cut and paste a Reporting Object, Managed Reporting evaluates the request based on the destination location and whether or not the internal name and/or the display name of the source file exists in the destination location. When you paste a Reporting Object, one of the following scenarios occur:
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