Report Options

This page provides an overview of the report options available in IFS Business Reporter. The report options are defined in Design Mode and in Report mode the options dialog can be used to display current settings. The options are grouped into categories and can be found in the Report Options dialog started frin the IFS Business Reporter ribbon.

NOTE: that the dialog also can display some additional execution options, options that by default should always be selected to get best transfer performance and memory usage as well as the best possible report rendering. To see these options, use the key stroke <Right Click> <Right Click> <Right Click> <Left Click>

Execution

Options under this category controls execution, caching and display behaviour.

Execution Options

Options under this sub category controls the execution behavior.

• The Disable Execute in Report Mode check box indicates that it is not possible to execute a report from Report Mode.
• The Enable IN Clause Optimization check box indicates that Business Reporter will try to optimize similar statements using conditional operators "IN" or "=".
• The Enable Multiple Filter Criteria Optimization check box indicates that Business Reporter will try to optimize similar statements containing many attributes using operators "IN" or "=".

Cache Options

Options under this sub categeory controls the cache behaviour.

• The Show Cache Dialog Always indicates if the cached data dialog should appear or not, but the caching option is only of interest in Design Mode.

Display Options

Options under this sub categeory controls the display behaviour.

• The Treat Null as Zero check box indicates whether a report is designed to display null values as zero. If the report has been designed with this option selected, then the executed report will replace all null values with zero.
• The AutoFit Column Width in End User Mode check box indicates whether the width of columns in the report would automatically adjust to display the full column value or not. The option applies to all design sheets.
• The Show Report Item Name check box indicates that a display item should show its name instead of the technical identity.

Save and Publish

Options under this category controls save and publish behaviour.

Save/Publish Options

Options under this sub category controls save and publish behaviour.

• The Remove Connection to IFS Business Reporter when using BR Execution Server check box indicates if IFS Business Reporter should be removed/unattached when the report is processed by the Business Reporter Execution Server.
• The Convert to PDF when ordering through IFS Applications check box indicates if a IFS Business Reporter ordered via IFS Reporting should open up as PDF. If the Business Reporter Execution Server is used to process the report, then a PDF report will be entered int i the Report Archive.

Writeback

Options under this category controls Writeback behaviour.

Writeback Setting

Options under this sub category controls Writeback specific settings.

• The Allow Complete Writeback check box indicates if complete Writeback is allowed/enabled.
• The Allow Modified Writeback check box indicates if modified Writeback is allowed/enabled.

Writeback Options

Options under this sub category controls Writeback specific behaviour.

• The Writeback Zero Values check box indicates if Writeback cells containing zero should be written back.
• The Writeback NULL Values check box indicates if Writeback cells containing null (empty cells) should be written back.

Debug Options

Options under this category are related to debug.

Debug Options

Options under this sub category specifies options related to debug of a IFS Business Reporter report.

• The Request/Response check box indicates if the Debug section in Document Actions in Report Mode will contain information about sent client request and returned server response.
• The Data Set Information check box indicates if the Debug section in Document Actions in Report Mode will contain execution statistics as well as information about built data sets.
• The Display Dataset Info Before Executing check box indicates if the DataSet Info button in Debug section in Document Actions in Report Mode will contain execution statistics for all processed server data sets.