Report Studio

The Report Studio Interface

The Report Studio user interface has two panes, an explorer bar, and a work area to help you create reports.

Important: You should not use the Log Off option from the File menu. Clicking Log Off closes your connection to the reporting server. To reopen the connection, close the Report Studio window and reopen it from PPM Reports. The Log On option will not reopen your connection. Close the Report Studio window and reopen it to continue.

Note: For best results, use a screen resolution of at least 1024 by 768 pixels.

Content Pane

The content pane contains objects that you can add to a report. You add objects to a report by dragging them to the work area. The content pane contains these tabs:

The Source tab contains items from the reporting data package selected for the report, such as data items and calculations.
The Data Items tab describes the queries created in the report.
The Toolbox tab contains a variety of objects that you can add to the report, such as text and graphics.
The Search tab contains the results when you perform a search for members. You can insert the members found in a search directly into a report.
If you are authoring an active report, the Active Report Controls tab shows the controls and active report variables inserted in a report and their relationships to one another. You can click a control in this tab to quickly locate the control in the report as well as set default values for variables.
If you are authoring an active report, the Active Report Variables tab shows the active report variables defined in a report. Use this tab to create new variables and set default values.

Properties Pane

The Properties pane lists the properties that you can set for an object in a report.

You can obtain additional information about a property by selecting it and clicking F1. For example, you can view the list of objects that uses each property.

When you specify a value for a property, press Enter, click another property, or save the report to ensure that the value is saved.

Note: View a description of the currently selected property at the bottom of the pane. From the View menu, click Property Descriptions.

Explorer Bar

Use the following buttons on the Explorer bar to work with different parts of a report:

The page explorer button
You use the Page Explorer to view or create new report pages and prompt pages or to create or modify classes.
The query explorer button
You use the Query Explorer to create or modify queries and to perform complex tasks such as defining union joins.
The condition explorer button
You use Condition Explorer to work with variables to define conditions in a report.

Work Area

The work area is where you design reports.

Visual Aids Button

The visual aids button provides the following options to help you when you are designing reports in the layout.

Option	Description
Show Boundary Lines	Shows/hides all boundary lines around objects.
Show Repeating	Repeats objects when you insert them. For example, when you insert a data item in a crosstab, the data item appears in each row or in each column of the crosstab.
Show Page Header & Footer	Shows the page header and page footer.
Show Drag & Drop Padding	Shows drag-and-drop zone when the Padding property for an object is set to 0. If the Padding property is set to a value that is greater than the minimum padding that Report Studio uses to show drag-and-drop zones, only the minimum padding is shown.
Show Hidden Objects	Shows objects for which the Box Type property was set to None or for which the Visibility property was set to No.
Show Sorting	Shows the sorting icon for data items for which a sort order was specified.
Show Grouping	Shows the grouping icon for grouped data items .
Show Source Type	Shows the icon for the source type of objects, such as layout calculation.
Show Data Item Type	Shows the icon for the type of data item, such as query item, member or measure.
Show Drill-Through Definitions	Shows data items for which a drill-through definition was defined as hyperlinks.
Show Table of Contents Entries	Shows table of contents entries inserted in the report.
Show Bookmarks	Shows bookmarks inserted in the report.
Show Master Detail Relationships	Shows master detail relationships defined in the report. Note: Pausing the pointer over the master detail relationship icon shows the relationship.
Show No Data Contents Tab Control	Shows tabs if the data container's No Data Contents property is set to Yes..
Show Repeater and Singleton Containers	Shows repeater and singleton containers inserted in the report.
Show Interactive Object Controls	Shows controls in the top right corner of active report application objects. For more information about active reports, see Active Reports.
Show Container Selectors	Shows Shows a small selector (three orange dots) in the top left corner of the following container objects and allows you to select all the objects within them: list, crosstab, repeater table, table of contents, table, and active report application objects.