Report Viewer
Viewing the Results of a Report
CCC Report Manager
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User Manual
40DHB0002USBD Issue 1 (06/06/2001)
Definition Tab
The Definition tab displays information about the data provider or the
variable selected in the Data Providers box. If a data provider is selected,
you can rename it, and set the date and time for automatic refreshes. If a
variable is selected, the tab displays the variable's name, type and
qualification, and lets you link dimensions belonging to different data
providers
Displays information about the data provider selected in the Data Providers
box. In this tab, you can rename a data provider and set the date and time
for automatic refreshes.
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Name
Displays the name of the data provider you selected. (You select a
data provider from the list in the Data Providers box.)
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Max Duration
Displays the maximum length of time that this data provider can take to
return data from the database. When the data provider is a query, the
designer who created the universe defines this value.
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Max Rows
Displays the maximum number of rows that can be returned by the
selected data provider. You can modify this value by clicking the
Options button in the Results tab of the Data Manager dialog box.
This opens the Query Options dialog box.
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Refreshable
If this attribute is editable it indicates whether you can refresh this data
provider.
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Universe
Displays the name of the universe on which you built the query. To
run the query on a different universe, click the button to the right of this
field, and then select a universe in the Change Universe dialog box,
which appears.
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Automatic Refresh
Select this check box if you want the data provider to be refreshed
automatically. You can set options in this group box to define when
and how often it will be refreshed.
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Every n Minutes/Hours
Select Every if you want the data provider to be refreshed
automatically on a regular basis. You can define how often it will
be refreshed. For example, you can enter 24 and hours, to
specify every 24 hours.
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On Date, at Time/On Date, from Time
Select Once if you want the data provider to be refreshed
automatically at a specific time, or after a specific time.
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From Date (m/d/yy)
Allows you to specify the date after which BusinessObjects will
automatically refresh the data provider. The date format is
month/day/year, for example, 6/2/96 for June 2, 1996.
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Time (hh:mm:ss)
Allows you to specify the time after which Report Viewer will
automatically refresh the data provider. The time format is
hh:mm:ss, for example 24:00:00 for midnight.
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Statistics
Displays statistical information about the data provider, that is the date,
time, number of rows returned and the duration for each time the data
provider was refreshed.
