General tab

This tab allows you to specify the general information about a report. See the tab.

Enter Parameters

Specifies the parameter values if any to run the report. If you are running a page report, you need to select a specific report tab to run.

Select Report Tab

Specifies the page report tab which you want to run. Bursting reports are not listed in the table.

Parameters

Specifies values of the parameters applied in the report. If no parameter is used, "No Parameter Needed" will be displayed here.

You may specify parameter values in these ways:

• In the parameter value combo box, input the value manually or select the required one from the drop-down list.
• Click the button if it is available to specify multiple values in the Enter Values dialog.
• Click the calendar button if it is available to set a date and time value in the Calendar dialog.
• Check the Use Saved Values checkbox and select a previously saved parameter value list to apply to the report.

  The Use Saved Values option is available when Enable Saving Parameter Values is enabled and Manually is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab. When Use Saved Values is checked, a drop-down list that contains the lists of previously saved parameter values will be displayed for you to choose one to apply. The button next to the drop-down list is used to delete a saved list from the list library.

Save Values

This link is available when Use Saved Values is checked. When it is clicked, the currently displayed parameter values set for the specified report will be saved as a whole marked as a list for reuse next time, and you need to provide a name for the list in the prompted dialog as required.

The parameter value lists saved for the report are limited. The maximum number is controlled by the option Maximum Number of Auto Complete Parameters List in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab. By default it is 3. When the number of the saved parameter value lists reaches the maximum number, if you want to save another parameter list, it will overwrite the oldest one.

Save as default

Saves current parameter values to the default item of the "Use Saved Values" list for the report. The default item is used to retrieve default values to the parameters. If users do not set the default values, or if any of the parameters cannot find a matched validated value from the default item, all the parameters will use their default values specified in the parameters' definition.

This operation takes effect after the task is submitted.

Report Information

Specifies other report information.

Report

Lists the report information.

Catalog

Lists the catalog information.

Select Another Catalog

Specifies another catalog for the report in the Select Another Catalog dialog.

Report Version

Specifies the report version.

Catalog Version

Specifies the catalog version.

Priority

Specifies a priority level to the report running task. The priority levels are from 1 to 10 in ascending order of lowest priority to highest priority. This property is available to administrators. By default this property is ignored unless server.properties is modified to set queue.policy not equal to 0.