Output Formats for Compound Reports

When creating compound reports from the Document Composer, PDF, HTML, active report, PowerPoint, Excel, active PDF, and active Flash output formats are available.

You can also set the output format to User, which will allow the user to define an output format at runtime. For more information on the User output format, see How to Set Output Format to User.

There are several requirements and restrictions when using these output formats with coordinated compound reports:

Procedure: How to Select Output Formats in the Document Composer

From the Properties window in the Document Composer, select Compound document from the Properties list.
In the Output format field, use the drop-down list to select an output format.

Procedure: How to Set Output Format to User

You can set the output format to User, which will allow the user to define an output format at runtime.

From the Properties window in the Document Composer, select Compound document from the Properties list.
In the Output format field, use the drop-down list to select User.
From the File menu or the toolbar, select Run.
Your web browser opens and asks you to specify the type of display output, as shown in the following image.

Using PowerPoint Templates With Compound Documents

How to:

Use PowerPoint Templates With Compound Documents

When PowerPoint is set as the Compound document output format, you may embed the compound output into a pre-existing PowerPoint template.

Note: PowerPoint templates are not supported if your report is coordinated. If a coordinate has been selected, PPT templates will be disabled.

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Procedure: How to Use PowerPoint Templates With Compound Documents

To embed a compound report in a PowerPoint template:

Save the pre-existing third-party PowerPoint template in Microsoft Office Web Archive or Single File Web Page (.mht) format in a WebFOCUS Reporting Server application directory as shown in the image below.
Note: A placeholder slide must be present in the template which WebFOCUS will use to embed the coordinated compound document at run time.
In the Document Composer, select the Template name ellipsis button from the Compound document property window.
Note: The Template name property is only available when the compound document output format is PowerPoint.

The Get source file dialog box opens.
Select the PowerPoint template from the WebFOCUS Reporting Server application directory and click Open.
Select the placeholder slide of the template in the Slide number property field of the Compound document property window.
Note: The Slide number property is only available when the compound document output format is PowerPoint.
Save and run the document.

The output is embedded to the assigned slide in the PowerPoint template.