Report Template Properties
To access the Report Template properties, see Accessing the Report Templates and their Constituents.From the Report Template properties, you can access information regarding:
• its Characteristics
• its input Parameters
• its Chapters
• its Permissions
• its Report Template Style
• its Description (in Texts)
Characteristics
The Illustrations section shows the Renderers used in the report and their corresponding illustration.
This section:
• is automatically filled for HOPEX Report Studio Report Templates.
• must be set manually for java reports
The Subjects & Categories section enables to define the report related information which is used by the end-user to filter the Reports and Report Templates:
• Categories are domains considered in the report
This field must be set manually.
• Subjects are MetaClasses that are displayed in the report
This field:
• is automatically filled for HOPEX Report Studio Report Templates
• must be set manually for java reports
See How to Define the Filters: Categories and Subjects section.In the Identification section:
• the Report Template Sharing parameter defines the Report Template availability:
• "public" (default value)
Allows other users to access the Report Template.
These users must be connected with one of the Profiles that are allowed to access the Report Template. The Report Template availability for each profile is defined in Permissions (see Permissions).
• "private"
Only the Report Template creator can access the Report Template.
• the Display print button parameter enables to manage the printing availability of the reports generated with this Report Template:
• "yes" (default value): the Print button is available on the report
• "No": the Print button is not available on the report
• the Description pane enables to describe the report
Parameters
In the Parameters section (for Report Chapters based on macros), you can:
• add new parameters to the Report Template.
See How to Define Parameters in a Report Template section.• configure the parameter to define the values that the end-user can use at report creation. The list of values can be computed form another parameter value.
• customize the parameter to:
• add reports in object property pages.
See How to Add Reports to Object Property Pages section.• add reports at the Instant Report creation from an object list.
• customize the parameter display.
In the Data Source Parameters section (for Report Chapters based on Report Data Views), you can:
• define the parameters that have to be selected at report creation.
Chapters
From the Available Report Chapters list, you can:
• add Report Chapters to the Report Template.
• organize the Report Chapters
• manage the report snapshot
Report Template Style
The Report Template Style defines the default style of the reports generated with this Report Template.
The Report field enables to associate the Report Template with a test report so as to define the style parameters that are applied to all the reports generated from this Report Template.
See How to Customize a Report Template Style section.Permissions
In Access rights and Availability, the Tool Availability parameter defines for each profile, and associated Perspective, whether the Report Template is available to the user or not.
For details on permissions, see Managing Permissions on General UI.