POVs

Creating POVs

You can create POVs in any of the report modes.

SeeDesign Mode, Debug Mode, and View Mode.

To create a POV, right-click a folder or report in the Report Catalog and select Edit Point of Views. The POV Setting dialog is displayed.

The POV Setting dialog shows the structure of the report catalog. To create a new POV, select the root folder and click Add POV. Or, double-click <Add POV> in the Unique name column.

The Edit POV dialog

Specify a name for the POV or click the button and select a name from the Texts dialog. The name is displayed next to the POV object at the top of each report.

The Unique name field contains the unique name of the POV object. By default, POV objects are named NewPointofView[N], where N is a sequential number. You can specify a different name. The name appears as a tooltip in Design Mode.

From Select a list, select a list to link to the POV object.

From the Format list, select a format for the list elements (for example, unique name or caption). Click OK to return to the POV Setting dialog.

The POV Setting dialog

There are three columns: Unique name, Visible and Selection. The unique name is displayed as a tooltip in Design Mode.

In the Selection field, select which element is displayed in the POV when a report is opened.

To hide a POV from reports, clear the Visible check box.

POV objects are referenced in OLAP Server formulas as:

GlobalPOVs.[Unique name of POV].Text

Creating POVs by drag and drop

To create a POV by drag and drop:

Open Design Mode.
Drag a list from the Database Structure and drop it on the Point of View bar when a red square appears on the bar.

When adding further POV objects by drag and drop, a red icon appears on the bar to indicate that the object can be dropped.

POV values

In the Selection column of the POV Settings dialog, you can specify what value is selected in a POV when a report which contains the POV is opened. You can either select a level from the hierarchy of the POV dimension or you can specify the value with one of the options shown in this table.


Option	Description
<Inherit>	The POV object receives the value of the parent level of the folder structure.
<First value>	The POV value is assigned to the list element first defined in the database.
<Current value>	The value of a variable is assigned to the POV value.

You can specify a different option for each report.

Note:

At the folder level, the Inherit option is not available. This is because POV variables are valid only within a single folder. So, there is no level above the folder from which a value could be inherited. At other levels, if the Inherit option is not visible, click a report in the structure tree.

Referencing POVs

You reference a POV with this syntax:

=POV.pov_unique_name.TEXT

.

POV names can contain A..Z (uppercase or lowercase), 0..9 and underscore (_).

POV layout

In Design Mode, you can change the layout and appearance of POV objects. The formats you specify for one POV object apply to all POV objects. You cannot specify a different format for each.

To edit the POV layout, double-click the folder in which the POV is defined and select View > POV Layout.

Click the POV. The object container is displayed, with a hashed border around it and white handles.

Editing the POV container

These dialogs control the appearance of the POV bar and POV objects:

The Object Container dialog
The POV Name Edit dialog
The List Selection Object Edit dialog.

Double-click different parts of the object container to open the different dialogs.

The Object Container dialog

Double-click the hashed border of the POV container. The Object Container dialog opens. Or, right-click the border and select Object Container Edit.

Options of the Object Container dialog

Pattern tab: Specify the pattern, frame and shading of the POV container. The Sample section of the dialog displays a preview of the effects.
Properties tab: Specify the size of the POV container or drag the handles of the object container to resize it.

Creating and deleting components of the POV containers

Right-click the POV container, and select Insert. Select the component to insert. To delete a component, click Delete on the toolbar.

Aligning and sizing components

Open the POV layout and double-click a component. The dialog appropriate to the object is displayed. Click the Properties tab and name the object. Specify the size of the object or select Adjust Automatically.

Specify the alignment of the object in relation to the container and other objects.

Editing the list selection object

Double-click the object to open List selection object edit dialog.


Options of the List selection object edit dialog
The Pattern tab	Specify the pattern, frame and shading of the list selection object. The Example section shows a preview of the effects.
The Properties tab	In the Description section, name the component of the POV.
	In the Size section, specify the size of the list selection object. If you select the Fit automatically check box, the width of the list selection object expands to that of the longest list element.
	In the Alignment section, specify the position of the list object container. Note: You can also adjust the alignment and the size of the object using the mouse.
	In the Display type section, select Combo box or List box as the type of object. Note: If the list that the POV is based on is not hierarchical, the POV can only be displayed in a list box.

Editing the POV name

Double-click the POV name. The POV Name edit dialog opens. Or right-click the POV name component and select .


Options of the POV name edit dialog
The Pattern tab	Specify the pattern, frame, and shading of the POV name. The Example section shows a preview of the effects.
The Font tab	Specify the font.
The Properties tab	In the Description section, specfy a name.
	In the Size section specify the size of the POV name. If you select the Fit automatically check box, the width of the POV name corresponds to the width of the text.
	In the Alignment section, you position POV name within the object container. Note: You can also adjust the orientation and the size of the object using the mouse.

Formatting a graphic object

To edit a graphic which you have inserted, double-click the graphic object. The Graphic object edit dialog opens. Or right-click the graphic object and select .


Options of the Graphic object edit dialog
The Pattern tab	Specify the pattern, frame, and shading of the graphic object. The Example section shows a preview of the effects.
The Graphics tab	Select a graphic or go to a user-defined graphic.

User-defined graphics

Select the user-defined option and click Import Graphic. Browse to the graphic file.

Note: You can import .bmp and .wmf files.

This table shows the options of the Properties tab:



The Properties tab	In the Description section, name the component.
	In the Size section, specify the size of the graphic. Select Fit automatically to scale the object to the object container.
	In the Alignment section, position the graphic within the object container. Note: You can also adjust the orientation and the size of the object using the mouse.

Formatting text objects

Double-click the text object. The Text object edit dialog opens. Or right-click the text object and select .


Options of the Text object edit dialog
The Pattern tab	Specify the pattern, frame, and shading of the text object. The Example section shows a preview of the effects.
The Font tab	Specify the font.
The Properties tab	In the Description section, name the component.
	In the Size section, specify the size of the text object. Select Fit automatically to match the width of the text object to the width of the text.
	In the Alignment section, position the text object within the object container. Note: You can also adjust the orientation and the size of the object using the mouse.

Editing text or entering text into a text object

Click the text object, enter the text, and click outside the text object.

Editing the background

Double-click an area outside the POV container, or right-click and select . The Background dialog opens.


Options of the Background dialog
The Pattern tab	Specify the pattern, frame, and shading of the text object. The Example section shows a preview of the effects.
The Logo configuration tab	You can insert an image into the background of the POV.

Logo configuration

Select Display logo check box and click Load Image to go to the logo file.

In the Properties section, select Position mode or Tile mode. In Position mode, position the logo on the background by clicking one of the position buttons. In Tile mode, the image is repeated on the background.

If the logo image is smaller than the object container, you can stretch it to fit by selecting the Stretch check box. This may distort the image.

To make parts of the logo transparent, select the Transparency check box. Click to open the Choose Transparent Color dialog. Click the area of the logo that you want to make transparent.