The Report Editor has several views for editing reports.
Table 147: Report Editor views
Report list |
All reports are displayed by category. Uses a filter condition to limit the number of reports displayed. |
Edit view for reports |
Reports are designed with the Report Designer in the edit pane. Using the Report Designer’s toolbar, you can place the controls you want on the report form.
NOTE: Use the online help from Stimulsoft StimulReport.Net (www.stimulsoft.com) as a basis for the report design. |
Property dialog box |
Use the view edit the properties of the selected report. A default context menu is available for input fields. |
SQL log |
Database queries are listed in this view. Use query logging to look for errors and to optimize the report during the design phase. For more information, see Logging database queries. |
General configuration settings are specified in a ReportEdit2.exe.config configuration file. Valid global configuration settings can also be defined through the Global.cfg global configuration file in One Identity Manager's own format. The configuration files are stored in the program directory. For more information, see the One Identity Manager Process Monitoring and Troubleshooting Guide.
To change the program settings in the Report Editor
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In the Report Editor, select the Database > Settings menu item.
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In the Language settings pane, modify the following:
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Language: Language used for formatting data, such as date formats, time formats, and number formats.
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Other user interface language:Language for the user interface. The initial program login uses the system language for the user interface. Changes to the language settings take effect after the program has been restarted.The language is set globally for all One Identity Manager programs, which means the language setting does not have to be configured for each program individually.
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In the Behavior pane, modify the following:
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Show code tab: Specifies whether the tab for editing the script code is shown in the Report Designer.
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Ask on save without change label: You should book changes to reports to a change label. Set this option so that an alert box is called when changes are saved without a change label.
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Max. number of previews: Maximum number of data records that are used to preview the report.
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Save the settings with OK.
Use database query logging in the Report Editor to look for errors and to optimize the report during the design phase. The processing time and the command that was run are logged.
To start and stop writing to the log
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In the Report Editor, open the log window using SQL log at the bottom of the program.
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(Optional) Use the Select column context menu, specify which columns are shown in the log.
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To start logging, select Start/Stop from the context menu.
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To stop logging, select Start/Stop from the context menu again.
TIP: You can configure how the messages are displayed in the error log. To do this, switch the log to advanced mode by clicking on the right of the column headers.
Table 148: Meaning of icons in the log
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Logs all critical error messages. (Info level Fatal) |
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Logs all information. (Info level Info) |
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Logs all warnings. (Info level Warning) |
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Logs all error messages. (Info level Error) |
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Logs debugger output. This setting should only be used for testing. (Info level Debug) |
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Logs highly detailed information. This setting should only be used for analysis purposes. The log file quickly becomes large and cumbersome. (Info level Trace) |
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Adds a custom filter condition. |
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Deletes filter condition. |
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Searches for term. |
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Searches next term. |
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Marks all messages with a specific term. |
Buffer size |
Sets the message buffer size. The buffer's level is displayed next to the field. |
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Deletes the buffer contents. |
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Stops logging. |
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Starts logging. |
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Saves log to file. |
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Specifies which column are displayed in the error log. |
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Copies selected messages to the clipboard. |
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Opens the error log with a text editor. |
NOTE: Reports with historical data changes analyze data changes in a One Identity Manager History Database. If the One Identity Manager History Database is linked by an ID to the database’s TimeTrace, you must log in to the Report Editor through an application server that has this ID in its configuration file (web.config). For more information about connecting to the One Identity Manager History Database through an application server and the required configuration, see the One Identity Manager Operational Guide.
Create and edit reports with the Report Editor program. Reports are stored in the database DialogReport table. The following steps are required to create a report:
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Defining report properties, data sources, and report parameters.
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Designing the report form with the Report Designer.
Predefined reports supplied with One Identity Manager by default, automatically customized during schema installation. If customizations are required to the default reports:
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Create a copy of the report.
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Edit the required report properties.
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Use the customized report from now on.
When you add or copy a report, the property dialog box opens first, which you use to enter the general data for the report, the data source required and an parameters for the report definition. Then a new report form is created in the edit view with the Report Designer. This forms the basis of the report design. Using the Report Designer’s toolbar, you can place the controls you want on the report form.
NOTE: Use the online help from Stimulsoft StimulReport.Net (www.stimulsoft.com) as a basis for the report design.
To create a new report
To copy a report
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In the Report Editor, select the report in the report list and then, in the context menu, click Copy.
This creates a new report and the property dialog opens. The properties in the new report are take from the original.
To edit a report
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In the Report Editor, select the report in the report list and open it by double-clicking or clicking Edit in the context menu.
This opens the report form in the Report Designer.
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To open the property dialog, select the Report > Edit menu item.
To edit the report properties without loading the report in the Report Designer
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In the Report Editor, select the report in the report list and then Edit properties from the context menu.
This opens the property dialog.
NOTE: After you have customized a report, you can mark it by setting change labels. These change labels are offered in the Database Transporter as export criteria when a customer transport package is created.
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