How to Define the Report Template Renderer and Illustration
The renderer type and its illustration are automatically defined for Hopex Power Studio reports, but have to be defined manually for Java reports.
Also if your Report Template includes several renderers (for example with several chapters), you might want to change its multi-renderer illustration for one of its renderers.
If can also update the illustration for another one.
To define the Report Template renderer and illustration:
1. Access the Report Template properties.
2. In the Characterictics page, Illustration section:
3. In the Renderer table, click Connect and select the renderer displayed in the report.
The illustration is also automatically added.
By default the renderer is selected as Main renderer.
*You can connect several renderers.
4. (If several renderers) By default each render is selected as Main renderer, and the illustration is a multi-renderer one.
If you want to favor one renderer, clear the other ones.
5. To change an Illustration, click Update illustration and select the MetaPicture.
The default Metapicture name format is:
rt_<renderer type>
e.g.: rt_bowtie
How to Define the Filters: Categories and Subjects
The Subjects and Categories filters available to the end-user to filter the Reports and Report Templates (in the report access and creation pages) are defined in the Report Template properties:
*See Report Template properties: Characteristics.
• The Categories field has to be filled in manually.
• The Subjects field is automatically defined for Hopex Power Studio reports, but has to be filled in manually for Java reports.
To define the Categories and Subjects fields:
1. Access the Report Template properties.
2. In the Characterictics page, expand the Subjects & Categories section.
3. Add values to the corresponding fields:
• Categories are domains considered in the report
• Subjects are MetaClasses that are displayed in the report.
e.g.: ITPM - Application Environment Graph Report Template.