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Save As Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Save As dialog box to save the current web report or the web report page template, or save a data component in the current web report as a library component. The dialog box varies for different purposes.

To use the Save As dialog box to save the current web report, select Menu > File > Save As, select the Save As button Save As button on the toolbar, or select Save in the Web Report Wizard. Server displays the dialog box:

Save As dialog box - Web Report

Save In

Specify the folder in the server resource tree where you want to save the report. Use the arrow button Up Level button to go to the parent folder. The root folder cannot store resources.

The resource table shows the resources in the selected folder. You can select the column names to change the order of the resources in the table.

  • Name
    The resource names.
  • Size
    The size of the resources.
  • Type
    The resource types.
  • Last Modified
    The last modified time of the resources.

File Name

Specify the name for the report.

Type

Select a file type for the saved report.

  • Web Report (*.wls)
    Select to save the web report as a binary formatting file, which you can edit using Web Report Studio and Report Designer.
  • Web Report XML Format (*.wls.xml)
    Select to save the web report as an XML formatting file, which you can edit using external XML editors besides Web Report Studio and Report Designer. Using XML is better for checking into source code control systems than using the binary formats.

Advanced/Simple

Select to display or hide the advanced settings.

  • Status
    Specify the status of the report.
    • Active
      Select if you want to run, advanced run, and schedule to run the report.
    • Inactive
      Select if you don't want to run the report. The corresponding Run, Advanced Run, and Schedule commands for the report are not available.
    • Incomplete
      Select if you have not finished the report design and you don't want to run the report. The corresponding Run, Advanced Run, and Schedule commands for the report are not available.
  • Catalog
    Specify the catalog that you want the report to use.
    • Set Original Catalog as Linked Catalog into Saved Report
      Select if you want to link the saved report with the catalog. The saved report will run with the catalog even if the two are in different folders. If later you update the catalog, the saved report will run with the latest version of the catalog.
    • Set Catalog Copy to Target Folder
      Select if you want to copy the catalog to the folder where you save the report. The saved report will run with the copied catalog.
  • Save Sort Criteria
    Select to save the changes you made by sorting.
  • Save Filter Criteria
    Select to save the changes you made by filtering.
  • Description
    Provide a description for the saved report.

OK

Select to save the report with the specified settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving the report.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving the report.

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If you are an administrator with the privilege of publishing resources, you are able to see Web Report Template in the Type list of the Save As dialog box. By selecting Web Report Template, you can save the page template the web report uses.

When you use the Save As dialog box to save a web report page template, it looks like this:

Save As dialog box - Web Report Template

Template box

Server lists the existing web report page templates.

File Name

Specify the name of the web report page template. You can type the name to save it as a new template (.wsld) or select one from the template box to replace an existing template according to the Publish privilege, which is the system level authorization.

Type

Select Web Report Template from the list. You can see it when you are an administrator with the privilege of publishing resources.

OK

Select to save the web report page template with the specified settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving the web report page template.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving the web report page template.

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To use the dialog box to save a data component in a web report as a library component, right-click a table, crosstab, chart, KPI, or geographic map and select Save as Library Component. Server displays the dialog box:

Save As dialog box - Library Component

Save In

Select the folder in the server resource tree where you want to save the library component. Use the arrow button Up Level button to go to the parent folder. The root folder cannot store resources.

The resource table shows the resources in the selected folder. You can select the column names to change the order of the resources in the table.

  • Name
    The resource names.
  • Size
    The size of the resources.
  • Type
    The resource types.
  • Last Modified
    The last modified time of the resources.

File Name

Specify the name for the library component.

Type

It is Library Component by default which you cannot change.

Advanced/Simple

Select to display or hide the advanced settings.

  • Catalog
    Specify the catalog that the library component uses.
    • Set Original Catalog as Linked Catalog into Saved Component
      Select if you want to link the library component with the catalog. The library component will run with the catalog even if the two are in different folders. If later you update the catalog, the library component will run with the latest version of the catalog.
    • Set Catalog Copy to Target Folder
      Select if you want to copy the catalog to the folder where you save the library component. The library component will run with the copied catalog.
  • Save Sort Criteria
    Select to save the changes you made by sorting.
  • Save Filter Criteria
    Select to save the changes you made by filtering.
  • Description
    Provide a description for the library component.

OK

Select to save the library component with the specified settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving the library component.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving the library component.

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