Report Properties
Every report has the following basic properties:
Field Description | Field Name | |
Name. Name of the report context, used to refer to it from other parts of the system. It should satisfy context naming conventions. | name | |
Description. Textual description of the report context. | description | |
Parameterized. Flag indicating that report is parameterized. | parameterized | |
Source Data Expression. Expression used to fetch data for populating the report template. | expression | |
Source Data Expression Resolution Environment: | ||
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Context that the report is attached to according to Validity Expression. Default Context if report is being tested. | ||
Parameters table of a Parameterized Report. | ||
0 | ||
Standard variables only. | ||
Parameterizer Source Data. This field is used only when Parameterized flag is enabled. Parameterizer Source Data is used by parameterization engine to build a Source Data Expression at report launch time based on a number of operator-specified parameters. See Parameterized Reports for details. | parameterizer | |
Report Template. The report template, in XML format. | template | |
Save History. If this option is enabled, the fully filled copy of the report is saved in the server database each time the report is launched. To see all saved copies of the report, run View History action from a Report context. | saveHistory | |
Report Type. Report type, Relative or Absolute. | type | |
Validity Expression. Determines which context(s) may be "understood" by the report. See Resource Validity for more information. | validityExpression | |
Validity Update Rules. A list of context masks and event names. If event specified by Event field of this table occurs in any of context matching to the mask specified by Mask field in the same record, Validity Expression will be recalculated for this context. This allows to make report valid/invalid for a certain context if some changes occur in it. | validityListeners | |
Default Context. The default context to be used for evaluating the Source Data Expression. See Default Context for a Report for details. | defaultContext | |
Default Location. Report Window Location to be used when report is shown manually, i.e. without using Auto Run, Favorite or other facility. | defaultLocation | |
 | When Show Report action is added to Auto Run of Favorites, it's execution parameters allow to override the Default Location and open report window on a custom dashboard/position. | |
Dashboard. This option allows to configure launching report as a dashboard. | defaultDashboard | |
These properties may be accessed through the childInfo variable.
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