with the report designer, how can you get the autosearch dialog to appear before the preview so you can get the filter values before any report is generated?
If you access the preview dialog from the Report Explorer, then the autosearch dialog will be displayed prior to the report generating.
However, within the report designer, this does not occur because we felt it would be annoying. Actually I can say that originally we had it designed like that and it was extremely annoying.
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Nard Moseley Digital Metaphors www.digital-metaphors.com
Most end user reports are going to contain filtering criteria. Very Rarely would they want to see all rows or use the default criteria. Anyway this can be an option? After I make a custom autosearch dialog, I am going to want to prompt them for the values (usually date ranges) of the reports they want to run.
You can access the Data workspace and use the Query Designer to specify the autosearch values that are saved down with the report.
The intent is that the Report Designer will be used to design reports, not to run them. A user designing a report can use the query designer to specify the autosearch values that are saved with the report and used when editing/previewing.
An end-user that is running a report can simply run the report from the Report Explorer - in which case, the autosearch dialog will be displayed.
-- Nard Moseley Digital Metaphors Corporation www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley Digital Metaphors www.digital-metaphors.com
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If you access the preview dialog from the Report Explorer, then the
autosearch dialog will be displayed prior to the report generating.
However, within the report designer, this does not occur because we felt it
would be annoying. Actually I can say that originally we had it designed
like that and it was extremely annoying.
--
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
Most end user reports are going to contain filtering criteria. Very
Rarely would they want to see all rows or use the default criteria.
Anyway this can be an option? After I make a custom autosearch dialog,
I am going to want to prompt them for the values (usually date ranges)
of the reports they want to run.
You can access the Data workspace and use the Query Designer to specify the
autosearch values that are saved down with the report.
The intent is that the Report Designer will be used to design reports, not
to run them. A user designing a report can use the query designer to specify
the autosearch values that are saved with the report and used when
editing/previewing.
An end-user that is running a report can simply run the report from the
Report Explorer - in which case, the autosearch dialog will be displayed.
--
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
Ok that makes sense. If it comes up only when run and not designed then
thats what I really wanted anyway.