This appendix provides tips and techniques that enable you to review existing WebFOCUS reports and develop new reports that meet the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster.

Among the coding techniques discussed are best practices for coding reports that will be distributed as HTML and graph output, and examples for using WebFOCUS commands such as -HTMLFORM and GRAPH FILE. Additionally, information is included about distributing drill-down reports, creating Financial Modeling Language (FML) reports for ReportCaster distribution, using the &&KILL_RPC flag in a pre-processing procedure to stop ReportCaster processing, using Excel Compound Reports to generate multiple worksheet reports, using Accordion Reports to control the amount of sorted data that appears on an HTML report page, limitations and known issues when coding WebFOCUS reports, and considerations for using WebFOCUS commands with burst reports.