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Handling an Instant Report
Updating an instant report 
When an instant report is not up to date, a message (at the top of the report) specifies the date of the latest generation of the instant report as well the time required for generation. If the data contained in the list of objects changes, you must refresh the instant report to take these changes into account.
*When the instant report is up to date, the message for the latest generation date of the instant report is not displayed.
*In case of an instant report generated from a Report DataSet, you must regenerate the Report DataSet, then launch an instant report for the modifications to be taken into account.
To update an instant report:
1. Access the instant report.
2. In the Report section, click .
The report is updated.
Getting the list of objects contained in an instant report part 
You can get the list of objects contained:
• bubble chart: in a bubble
• bar chart: in a bar of a series
• pie chart: in a section of the chart
• heatmap: in a cell of the map
• word cloud: in a tag
To get the list of objects making up part of the chart:
1. Access the instant report.
2. Click the chart part concerned.
*In a bubble chart, roll the mouse over the bubble and click Set of objects, click to view details.
The list of objects contained in this part is displayed in the Results window.
In the list, you can click:
*The functionalities available depend on the desktop on which you are working
• Properties , to view the properties of an object in the list.
• Excel , to export the elements of the series in .xlsx format.
• Instant Report , to generate an instant report for the series.
Displaying the properties of an object contained in an instant report 
In an instant report, you can access object properties of:
• objects displayed in the chart
Ex.: in a table or a matrix
• objects making up a part of the chart
Ex.: in a pie chart, bar chart, bubble chart, heatmap, or word cloud.
Table - Matrix
To display the properties of an object displayed in a table/matrix type instant report:
1. In the instant report toolbar, click to display the Properties window.
2. Click the object.
Its properties are displayed in the Properties window.
E.g.: in a Table, click the object in a cell of the table.
E.g.: in a Matrix, click the object in a column/row header.
Pie chart - Bar chart - Bubble chart - Heatmap - Word cloud
In an instant report, to display the properties of an object making up a chart part:
1. In the instant report toolbar, click to display the Properties window.
2. In the chart, click the part concerned.
E.g.: in a pie chart.
3. In the list of results, select the object.
Its properties are displayed in the Properties window.
Hiding a data series 
For improved readability, you can hide data series in the report chart.
To show/hide a data series:
1. Access the instant report.
2. In the report legend, click the data series concerned.
In the legend, the color that represents the series is grayed.
The series is not shown anymore in the chart.
*You can hide several series.
Example: in the chart that displays the breakdown of applications according to their current state, you can hide the series “[empty]” that represents the applications whose current state is not entered.
3. In the legend, click the series again to re-display it in the chart.
Displaying the graph in full page 
You can display the graph of an instant report in full page. You can not edit the report when using this display.
To display th egraph in full page: click Display in full page mode on the top right corner of the graph.
*To exit the full page mode, click Exit full page mode .