Compound syntax in the active technologies users guide and the creating reports with webfocus language manual. This is a quick and easy way to show a large amount of data, organized with minimal effort into separate, thematic pages. The following articles were written by developers like you and contain cuttingedge tips and techniques for using information builders products. Inserts a radio button into an active report, active flash file, or active pdf file. An element can describe a specific column for example, columnproduct or heading item for example, line2, objectfield, item3. Selecting document mode while a single report is open does not convert the report to a document.
Choosing output file formats webfocus business user. Report information university of california, office of. Webfocus supports a subset of html tags and its own page numbering tags. One report is a graph that was held as a gif file and included within another report page. For more information on output types, see output format options. The standard output formats, which are found in the format group on the home tab, include.
Working on iway adaptersap and rdbms configuration and master file,access file creation in webfocus. To view technical content in html format, click here. If an active output format active report, active flex, active pdf is selected, the chart button on the. Webfocus is a webbased report generation tool to enable users throughout the university to be selfsufficient with reporting needs.
Is one or more identifying elements allowed in a webfocus stylesheet and drill through report. Reportcaster allows a user to take a procedure that produces a report in one format, such as pdf, and override it so that the report is delivered in another format, such as excel 2007. List of illustrations and tables ix member list xi staff list xiiixiv preface xv 1. Each night, data from various online systems such as fis, hrms referred to as perspay in webfocus, space, grants budgeting, assets and sis are loaded into the webfocus. You can use drill through with other webfocus features. Requesting webfocus report page 4 of 5 winstonsalem state university 8. You can switch between the new document and the original report using the switch report.
Building a compound document university of california. Due to the nature of this material, this document refers to numerous hardware and software products by their trademarks. He supports composer layout tool, infoassist, report painter, and webfocus coding, and has had seven additional years of webfocus development and maintenance of an insurance application. Compound pdf information builders, inc webfocus tektips. Creating a compound pdf report the following illustrates how to combine three separate pdf reports into one by creating a compound report. To browse pdfs for all releases, visit the pdf library. Sample webfocus training materials information builders. Click anywhere in your folder, right click and select paste. Rightclick on webfocus environments and select add.
If you believe the project does not meet the deed restrictions for this property, please contact. Creating compound reports with document composer release. The following image shows a compound pdf document that contains three reports and includes two gif images within one of the reports. You can format the reports using a webfocus stylesheet. Tips and techniques for coding a reportcaster report editing webfocus procedures using an ampersand or a single quotation mark html and drilldown reports using htmlform distributing a table of contents report using reportcaster data visualization using the graph file command distributing a graph image in a pdf report.
Creating customized report outputs webfocus knowledgebase. Anybody know of good webfocus tutorials aimed at programmers. The switch button is found on the view tab, in the. Our training covers many topics, reporting concepts, and solutions within our webfocus. While the current functionality only supports reports with a single section, this structure is used to support more complex reports. Shubhi mohan webfocus bi developer ims health linkedin. Report 1 specifies on table pc hold format pdf open. An active report for pdf is available in report painter in the developer studio. Can include reports as attachment or as inline message. You may create a compound layout report or a coordinated compound report in document composer. Is that 8 separate reports, or one report with 8 pages, or some other combination i suspect 8 separate reports.
It makes a copy of the report, with the copy becoming a document and the original remaining unchanged. Reportcaster allows a user to take a procedure that produces a report in one format, such as pdf, and override it so that the report. In most, if not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies. Webfocus syntax in the creating reports with webfocus language manual. The following table lists, describes, and provides solutions for known issues that occur when using certain commands in procedures scheduled using reportcaster. Combining an active technologies dashboard with an html page. Sinduja radhakrishnan webfocus speciality developer ford. Bring your reports to life with indocument analytics. Gregory entrican senior bi developer coastal credit. An external cascading style sheet is one that is saved as a separate file, instead of within the document it formats, and so is external to the document.
Webfocus is one of the tools that is being replaced as a result of the connectcarolina and infoporte golive of last october. You only get to see the textual information or sometimes only a blank page appears on the screen. He supports composer layout tool, infoassist, report painter, and webfocus coding, and has had seven additional years of webfocus. Tips and techniques for coding a reportcaster report editing webfocus procedures using an ampersand or a single quotation mark html and drilldown reports using htmlform distributing a table of contents report using reportcaster data visualization using the graph file command distributing a graph image in a pdf report financial modeling language. This defines the report as the first report and sets the format for the entire compound report as pdf. Using compound layout syntax, you can generate a table of contents for a pdf compound report. A compound document with only report queries in it can output in any format. Webfocus new feature highlights version 7 release 7. How do you use a variable as a field on a webfocus report. If an active output format active report, active flex, active pdf.
A separate page count is generated for each report in a compound report. You just use excel as the output format set compound open table file car print model by country on table pchold format exl2k end table file car print seats by car on table pchold format exl2k or on table set onlinefmt exl2k on table set compound close end. You say you have an 8 page compound pdf output, by passing in a ssn. Output report data in a variety of formats, including html, active reports, active flash, pdf, active pdf. Right click on yourname41 and select rename, rename your report. A compound report section, or section declaration, is a grouping of component reports within a compound report. Barry solomon is a webfocus technical support representative, specializing in the html composer. Only the first report in the procedure must be in pdf format. Compound pdf with poor gif quality information builders. Reportcaster, the webfocus report delivery engine, allows you to schedule webfocus reports, any file including legacy reports or thirdparty files, or the contents of a url, and send the output in a variety of formats via ftp, printer, email, fax, mobile device or to the optional report library. Since drill through reports are standard pdf compound reports packaged into a single pdf. With webfocus, you can create the following basic report types using graphical. Using active technologies for pdf information builders. Need to learn webfocus, any good tutorials for programmers.
If the setting multipathcompound is in effect with a multipath report, or if the. How to insert a bar chart into a compound document. I have four pdf reports that id like to combine with compound. Since drill through reports are standard pdf compound reports packaged into a single pdf file. Jul 29, 2016 learn how to create a coordinated multipage document. For example, you can add to the compound report package a pdf report that contains embedded graphs. If you believe the project does not meet the deed restrictions for. Right click on yourname41 and select rename, rename your report to yourname43. Highlight and right click on yourname4 report in your folder and select copy. It is intended for users that need to create, modify, and run reports. I have a pdf report that is created using the compound function. Information builders develops training for all developers and business professionals from beginner to advanced. The syntax of excel compound reports is identical to that of pdf compound reports.
Webfocus emerged as an extension to information builders eda middleware products. Storing images in blob fields in webfocus pdf reports and. I would like to use nobreak, but i do not want the heading of the next report to show up half way on the page there is already a heading at the top of the page from the previous report. You can switch between the new document and the original report using the switch report button.
Webfocus pdf format reports, including components in compound layout reports and coordinated compound layout reports. The file is damaged and could not be repaired due to the corruption of the pdf file you become unable to view the multimedia and graphics contents of this pdf document. Now, you want to pass multiple ssns to the report, and group them by state. When creating compound reports from document composer, pdf, html, active report, powerpoint, excel, excel 2007, active pdf, and active flash output. This section describes how to create compound reports, the output formats for compound reports, and how to add reporting objects to a compound report. Browser support myreports info the university of new. I have a report in which i have the current date stored in a variable, and i want to include it as field on the report. Browse and download pdfs for all titles in this release. Manually coded excel compound reports information builders. Excel compound reports enable you to generate multiple worksheet reports. Developer tips and techniques information builders.
I have over 26 combined years experience using focus webfocus in applications development, creating dashboards, report applications and selfservice applications along with compound. Convert reports to charts, or charts to reports, in a single click. You just use excel as the output format set compound open. Each night, data from various online systems such as fis, hrms referred to as perspay in webfocus, space, grants budgeting, assets and sis are loaded into the webfocus database for reporting. Simple html webfocus reports can be viewed in any browser. You can add drill down and url hyperlinks to a pdf report that contains drill through hyperlinks. In this article i will attempt to tackle the daunting task of explaining many of the formatting options available for designing webfocus reports using the html and pdf output formats and will discuss the differences between them. Compound layout painter, advance graph assistant 3having good experience in creating standard reports with different output formats like. Additionally, the syntax set component report n is added after each component, followed by the actual webfocus code to generate the report. By default, each of the component reports from the compound report is placed in a new excel worksheet analogous to a new page in pdf. The syntax for developing these is similar to how pdf compound reports currently work. How to fix pdf file error the file is damaged and could not. Complete tasks, such as building a report, with minimal clicks.
The end of each pdf file has a table containing the byte offset, including line. Pdf format does not support olap reports since java applets cannot be embedded inside pdf documents. Hello webfocus reporting user, our records show that youre a frequent user of webfocus reports to pull information from the mainframe computer. Since drill through reports are standard pdf compound reports packaged into a single pdf file, you can distribute them using reportcaster. Images and text within a compound document have no effect on the available output formats. Organizing report data by, across, underline, rank. In this article i will attempt to tackle the daunting task of explaining many of the formatting options available for designing webfocus reports using the html and pdf. Worked on compound report,graph,single report,excel,excel pivot, pdf,html and ahtml output format. A markup report can be generated as a pdf, dhtml, ppt, or pptx output file. In webfocus, pdf format also supports stylesheets that contain drill down parameters, links to arbitrary urls, and embedded gif or jpeg images in report, page, and sort headings and footings. Compound pendulum a compound pendulum also known as a physical pendulum consists of a rigid body oscillating about a pivot.
Contact your local information builders account manager to learn how to license and enable this new capability. In the creating reports with webfocus language manual, see in particular the topic creating a compound report in chapter 10, linking a report to other resources. There are multiple types of compound reports that can be built in document. Webfocus html and pdf report design part 1 information builders. If the report is a coordinated compound pdf report, then you can select any supported compound format ahtml, dhtml, exl2k, flex, pdf, or ppt, but keep in mind that not all of. Our education specialists bring years of experience to instructorled online ilo courses to facilitate your development of handson skills with information builders software. Please refer to the example on the next page of this document for sample coding of an excel compound report. The reports change in orientation from portrait to landscape back to portrait. Makes the report easier and more appealing to read by increasing the space between rows, by reformatting the order date, and by using proportional fonts. Requesting webfocus report page 5 of 5 winstonsalem state university 10. Output formats for compound reports information builders.
Merging summary and detail reports into a pdf compound report step 4. Creating a compound layout report information builders. Report information university of california, office of the. Webfocus html and pdf report design part 1 information. The issue is the image is of ver poor quality when printed. Information provided to city by applicant on the building permit.
Creating a compound report webfocus business user edition. One report is a graph that was held as a gif file and included within another report. Creating a pdf compound report with drill through links. With this course, you will learn the basic syntax contained in a focus or webfocus report request. The prescription number must be reported on each service line to link this service together as one compound. Do you need to understand focus webfocus reports you have inherited. Can push reports to end users mailftp servershare pointprinterreport library.
Controlling the display of sorted data with accordion reports. Distributing a graph image in a pdf report information builders. Tablastpage is supported only for styled reports such as html, pdf, and ps. You can apply an external cascading style sheet to any webfocus report in html format. Support for presenting images and graphs in html, dhtml and dhtml compound reports is provided using an image. You can display these reports in formats such as html, excel, and pdf. You can create customized report outputs in infoassist. This is accomplished by developing multiple webfocus reports all within one large compound webfocus report. One of the powerful features of webfocus is the ability to produce reports in many different formats. This suite provides support for web uses as well as optional enhancements for report scheduling and distribution. Html, html analytic document, pdf, pdf analytic document, excel, and powerpoint.
Compound reports that contain linked drill through reports may also contain unrelated reports, before. With this course, you will learn the basic syntax contained in a focus or webfocus report. Are you familiar with the webfocus graphical user interface, but need to know more about the underlying code that gets generated from your actions. If the report is a coordinated compound pdf report, then you can select any supported compound format ahtml, dhtml, exl2k, flex, pdf, or ppt, but keep in mind that not all of these formats support bursting. Developed various report format using webfocus bi 7703 tool. Generate highly interactive offline compound documents with embedded. Working on iway adaptersap and rdbms configuration and master file,access file creation in webfocus environment. Tips and techniques for coding a reportcaster report.