Hiding Report Types in the Domain Tree

You can customize the Domain Tree to display or hide any or all of the available report and file types (Standard Reports, Shared Reports, My Reports, Reporting Objects, and Other Files) for specific role types in all views. If you do not want to hide report and file types for all users of an existing role type, you can create a new role for specific users. Note that if you choose to hide My Reports from displaying in the Domain Tree, users will not have the option to save parameter reports since parameter reports are a type of My Report.

Note: You can also hide report and file types in the Domain Tree of specific views using the Edit Settings functionality available in the Dashboard View Builder. For more information, see Customizing Dashboard Pages for a Public or Group View.

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Procedure: How to Hide Report Types in the Domain Tree in All Views

In the WebFOCUS76\worp\conf directory, open the bid-config.xml file in a text editor.

Find the following lines to hide Standard Reports, Shared Reports, Reporting Objects, My Reports, and Other Files:

<internal-var name="hideStandardReportsFromTheseRoles" value=""/>

<internal-var name="hideSharedReportsFromTheseRoles" value=""/>

<internal-var name="hideReportingObjectsFromTheseRoles" value=""/>

<internal-var name="hideMyReportsFromTheseRoles" value=""/>

<internal-var name="hideOtherFilesFromTheseRoles" value=""/>

To hide report types in the Domain Tree, add one or more role types to the value variable.
For example, to show only Standard Reports for any user ID set to the "#User" role type, enter the following:
```
<internal-var name="hideSharedReportsFromTheseRoles" value="#User"/>
```
```
<internal-var name="hideReportingObjectsFromTheseRoles" value="#User"/>
```
```
<internal-var name="hideMyReportsFromTheseRoles" value="#User"/>
```
```
<internal-var name="hideOtherFilesFromTheseRoles" value="#User"/>
```
Note:
- Default role types include: #User, #RunOnlyUser, #LibraryOnlyUser, #AnalyticalUser, #Developer, #ContentManager, #MRAdministrator, and #PowerUser. For more information on user types see User Roles Defined.
- Because Other Files are hidden by default from all user roles except the Developer role, the MR Administrator role, and any custom role based on either of these two roles, you can effectively hide Other Files from only the previously mentioned roles.
Save and close the file.

After making changes to the bid-config.xml file, use the WebFOCUS Console to clear memory cache. Until this is done, the change is not effective.