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This documentation describes how to use Developer Studio to create a reporting application, which includes project creation and deployment, and the required elements for creating a report. It is intended for administrators and application developers.
Note: The WebFOCUS toolset generates the rich FOCUS fourth generation language. While this language is very extensive, the WebFOCUS toolset only supports a subset of the language and only specific syntax constructs. While the user can manually modify the content of these WebFOCUS procedures/files, there is no guarantee that the user will be able to open the modified procedure in the tool.
This manual includes the following chapters:
Chapter/Appendix | Contents | |
1 | Describes how to create a reporting application in the local development environment. | |
2 | Describes the steps you will perform for successful deployment of your project files to the Web. | |
3 | Describes the tools available for creating and formatting reports. | |
4 | Describes how to join two or more related data sources to create a larger integrated data structure from which you can report. | |
5 | Describes how to create reports from multi-dimensional data sources, such as SAP BW. Level and parent/child hierarchy models are supported and reporting rules are automatically enforced. | |
6 | Describes how to create a procedure, which is the core element of a reporting application. | |
7 | Describes how to generate information from existing data. | |
8 | Describes how to view and print reports and graphs. | |
9 | Describes how to make your HTML reports more powerful by inserting visual representations of selected data directly into the report output. | |
10 | Presents the terminology and benefits of using Online Analytical Processing (OLAP). Describes how to customize reports with the OLAP selections panel and the OLAP Control Panel. Describes how to sort and apply various selection criteria (to restrict your data) as well as how to troubleshoot an OLAP-enabled report. Explains how the OLAP Control Panel (OCP) provides you with a versatile way to gain more insight from your reports by dynamically manipulating report data. From the Control Panel, you can perform every function available to a WebFOCUS OLAP user. | |
11 | Describes how to save report data to files for reuse in different formats. | |
12 | Describes how to use the Update Assist to create an update application in Developer Studio. | |
13 | Describes how to create, view, and edit the source code for procedures, procedure components, Master and Access files, and other types of files required by your applications with the Developer Studio text editor. |
The following table lists and describes the conventions that apply in this manual.
Convention |
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THIS TYPEFACE or this typeface |
Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown. |
this typeface
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Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply. |
underscore
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Indicates a default setting. |
this typeface |
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. |
this typeface |
Highlights a file name or command. |
Key + Key |
Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously. |
{ } |
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. |
| |
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 (...). |
. . . |
Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands. |
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