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Creating On-demand Paging Reports

How to:

You can create your own On-demand Paging report from Report Assistant. You can run this report immediately or in deferred mode. Note that On-demand Paging is not currently available with OLAP-enabled reports. For more information on running a report in deferred mode, see Using the Deferred Report Status Interface.

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Procedure: How to Create an On-demand Paging Report
  1. From the Domains list window, select the Reporting Objects tab.
  2. Select a Reporting Object from the list.
  3. Click Report Assistant.

    Report Assistant opens.

  4. Add fields and customize your report. For more information on creating reports with Report Assistant, see Creating a Report With Report Assistant.
  5. Click the Report Options tab and check the On-demand Paging check box.
  6. Click Run to view your report.

    WebFOCUS displays your report within the Viewer.

    Note: The Viewer is launched over a blank browser window. This window is necessary for the operation of the Viewer. It must be closed separately from the Viewer.

  7. To return to Report Assistant, close the WebFOCUS Viewer and close the blank browser page.
  8. Close Report Assistant.

    WebFOCUS prompts you to save your report before exiting.

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Example: Creating an On-demand Paging Report

You want to select On-demand Paging for a report on the sale of coffee products called Coffee Sales.

  1. Navigate to the Domains view.
  2. Open the Regional Sales domain.
  3. From the Reporting Objects tab, expand the Product Sales group folder and select Coffee Sales.
  4. Open Report Assistant.

    Report Assistant displays the Fields dialog box with the fields already selected for the report.

  5. Select the Report Options tab. The Report Options window opens.
  6. Check the On-demand Paging check box to enable On-demand Paging.
  7. Click Run to run Coffee Sales immediately.

    WebFOCUS displays the first page of Coffee Sales in the Viewer as shown in the following image.

  8. Click Close on the WebFOCUS Viewer.

    WebFOCUS notifies you that the report has been deleted from the server.

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