Components
The Components tab of the Special Reports form allows you to add different components to created report.
Components can then be edited along side with setting what will be displayed in the report.
Below is the description of tab’s features.
In this section, you can select the type of component on the report and edit its settings. Each selected type has its own available or visible settings on the form
Type of component can be selected in the Type field. There are six types of components:
If Component is selected, you can set these additional settings.
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Component
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Select the component from components codebook.
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(Preview)
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Displays a graphical preview of the component.
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If Report is selected, you can set these additional settings.
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Report
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Select any ZEUS report that has a template created.
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Explanation
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Enter the explanation for the report.
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If you select text as ZEUS report component, you can write anny text to box and it will appear on the report.
You can also use calculations directly from database using SQL statements. Calculation will appear in the report, if you put SQL statement between two ~S~ signs. E.g.: if you would like to calculate quantity of sold item and add it to report, you can write similar SQL statement as on the screenshot below. It will appear in the report as on the preview of report.
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Type
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Select the text style (heading 1, heading 2, normal text, etc.)
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(Text field)
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Enter the text for the report.
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Financial analysis with created template can be added to ZEUS report.
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Analyses
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Select the created template of analysis of planning.
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Show
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List of templates that were created on financial analysis.
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Any OLAP cube can be added to ZEUS report as long as it has a template created. Make sure that cubes are processed in order to see latest data.
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Analyses
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Select the created template of OLAP cube.
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Show
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Template of OLAP analysis
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Export to excel
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If checked, the OLAP analysis is exported to excel.
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Show pivot table
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If checked, the pivot table is displayed.
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Any Ad-Hoc analysis can be added to ZEUS report as long as it has a template created.
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Analyses
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Select the created template of Ad-Hoc analysis.
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Show
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Template of Ad-Hoc analysis
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Export to excel
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If checked, the Ad-Hoc analysis is exported to excel.
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Show pivot table
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If checked, the pivot table is displayed.
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In this section you can edit what is displayed on report. Section is not visible if OLAP Analysis or Ad-Hoc Analysis is selected in the Type field. Most of the changes are visible only aftre the Re-Create button is clicked.
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Name
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If checked, the name is displayed on report.
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Description
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If checked, the description is displayed on report.
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Show Report Header
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If checked, the report header is displayed on report.
Checkbox is visible only if Type selected is Report.
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Use
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If checked, element is visible on report. If deselected, element is not visible.
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As Text
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If checked, dashboard element type Table will be transformed into text and won't be shown as picture.
Checkbox is visible only if table is a part of the report.
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Save
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If you click the button, the changes are saved.
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This section contains buttons for adding, editing, resetting or previewing the report.
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Add
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By clicking the button, you add a new component to report.
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Advanced
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By clicking the button, you open the Report editor form, where you can edit the structure of the report.
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Re-Create
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By clicking the button all changes to the report made with Report editor will be discarded.
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Preview
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By clicking the button, you generate a preview of the report in the Report Window.
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