When you publish a report, you create a launch page, a complete HTML file that calls the Standard Report procedure. The launch page can be a simple form containing Submit, Defer, and Reset buttons that allow users to submit the Standard Report. A more robust launch page contains data entry fields or drop-down list boxes to supply parameter values if amper variables exist within the Standard Report. We recommend unchecking the Standard Report Do not show on User's List property so that the launch page appears to users while the report remains hidden.

Note: For more information about limitations that apply to amper variables and the Publish utility, see Amper Auto-Prompting Considerations.

When you create a launch page for your Standard Report, you can:

• Save the launch page in the Standard Reports folder. This enables you to continue developing and refining the launch page before making it available to users. It also enables Managed Reporting users to access the launch page from the Standard Reports tab in Managed Reporting.
• Make the launch page available through the Web. If you save the launch page as a Web page, the page is saved to the ibi_html/publish directory on the Web server. You can keep the page in this location or move the file to another location on the Web server. The page can be accessed by typing the URL for the page in a Web browser.

The published page WebFOCUS creates is a template that you can further customize by manually adding any supported HTML tags and syntax. For example, the HTML launch page can include image files (.gif or .jpg files), tables, frames, JavaScript functions, and hypertext links to other Web pages. In addition, the launch pages that you create and make available through the Web can be accessed using HTML hyperlinks from other Web pages.