Uploading and Working with Page Attributes and Slide Masters

Doclets in Word-based Report Packages

This topic applies to Word-based doclets.

For Microsoft Word-based report packages, you are asked to specify style sample attributes to override during the doclet upload or check-in process.

When a Word-based report package is created in Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud, a style sample document is uploaded. It contains the page attributes that the report package owner wants the final report to have. These attributes include the page header and footer, orientation and size, margins, numbering, and alignment.

When you upload a doclet, the system checks the doclet against the style sample document to compare the attributes. An alert is displayed next to the attributes that differ from the style sample.

Figure 18-12 Upload File Dialog Box


The Upload File dialog box, where users select doclet attributes to override attributes from the sample style document.

By default, the system overrides the doclet attributes with the style sample attributes when the doclet is uploaded. For example, if the style sample orientation is portrait mode and the doclet is in landscape mode, then the doclet’s orientation will be changed to portrait mode to match the style sample. Figure 18-12 shows the Upload File dialog box with an alert next to the Orientation attribute.

To keep the doclet in landscape mode, select the Orientation check box. When you select an attribute, the system uses the attribute from the doclet rather than the attribute from the style sample.

To upload a Word doclet and select style attributes to override:

  1. If the doclet is not already open, in the Smart View Panel, navigate to the doclet and double-click the doclet name.

    To upload changes, you must have the doclet checked out.

  2. In the Performance Reporting ribbon, click Upload.


    The Upload button from Performance Reporting ribbon.
  3. In the Upload File dialog box (see Figure 18-12), select the style attributes that you want to override, and then click OK.

    Style attributes in the doclet that differ from the style sample for the report package are noted with an exclamation point.

  4. Proceed to Checking In Doclets.

    Alternatively, you can continue working on the checked-out doclet and repeat the upload procedure in this topic as many times as you require, and then proceed to Checking In Doclets.

Doclets in PowerPoint-based Report Packages

This topic applies to PowerPoint-based doclets.

For Microsoft PowerPoint-based report packages, when a report package is created, a style sample document is uploaded that contains the slide masters and slide layouts that the report package owner wants the final report to have. These slide masters determine the overall look and format of the presentation. When you upload a doclet, the system scans the doclet and highlights the slide masters in use. The icon indicates slide masters that are not in the style sample document.

Note:

The doclet slides must be sized the same as the report package style sample slides in order to upload the doclet. For example, if your doclet slides are sized for On-Screen Show (4:3) and the report package style sample slides are sized for On-Screen Show (16:9), you must resize your doclet slides before you can upload the doclet.

To upload a PowerPoint doclet and select a slide master:

  1. If the doclet is not already open, in the Smart View Panel, navigate to the doclet and double-click the doclet name.

    To upload changes, you must have the doclet checked out.

  2. In the Performance Reporting ribbon, click Upload.


    The Upload button from Performance Reporting ribbon.
  3. If the doclet uses the same slide master as the style sample document, click OK in the Upload File dialog box, the proceed to step 5; otherwise, proceed to step 4.

  4. If the doclet contains a slide master that is not in the style sample document, perform one of the following:

    • To replace the doclet slide master with the report package slide master, click the name of the doclet slide master, and then select the report package slide master to replace it with.


      Upload File dialog box showing the slide master that is not available in the report package and giving the option to replace with the report package side master.

      The system maps the doclet slide layouts to the report package slide master to maintain a uniform look for the presentation.

    • To preserve the doclet slide master, click OK to upload the doclet.

      If you preserve the doclet slide master, the system adds it to the merged presentation to ensure that the slides will render correctly. However, that slide master is available for use by that doclet only. The doclet slide master is not available to other doclets. If you want the doclet slide master to be used by other doclets, the report package owner must add it to the report package style sample document.

  5. Proceed to Checking In Doclets.

    Alternatively, you can continue working on the checked-out doclet and repeat the upload procedure in this topic as many times as you require, and then proceed to Checking In Doclets.

Note:

When you upload a doclet to the report package, the system resets all slides to their default layouts. If you have modified any slides from the default slide master layout, those modifications are reset back to the default. For example, if you have changed the size of a text box on a slide to make room for an image, the text box is reset to its original size when you upload the doclet. However, you can add additional layouts to the doclet slide master, and those new layouts are persisted within the doclet. Therefore, if you want to preserve the modified text box size, you must add that layout to the doclet slide master.

As an example, you are working with a doclet with a slide layout called Title and Content that contains a text box that spans the entire slide. You want to resize the text box to cover half of the slide so that you can add an accompanying image. If you were to resize the text box, add the image, and upload the doclet, the system would reset the slide back to the Title and Content default layout, and the text would overlap the image. Instead, add a new slide layout (called, for example, Title, Text, and Image) with the resized text box. When you upload the doclet, the new slide master is copied over and persisted for that doclet.

Office-based Supplemental Doclets in Report Packages

This topic applies to Office-based supplemental doclets.

You upload Office-based supplemental doclets for checking in. However, in the upload process, you do not have to overwrite styles or slide masters. You simply upload.

Other supplemental doclet file types, such as ZIPs or PDFs, are not checked out in Oracle Smart View for Office; they are only opened or downloaded. Therefore, they do not need to be uploaded.

To upload an Office-based supplemental doclets:

  1. If the doclet is not already open, in the Smart View Panel, navigate to the doclet and double-click the doclet name.

    To upload changes, you must have the doclet checked out.

  2. In the Performance Reporting ribbon, click Upload.


    The Upload button from Performance Reporting ribbon.
  3. Proceed to Checking In Doclets.

    Alternatively, you can continue working on the checked-out supplemental doclet, repeat the upload procedure in this topic as many times as you require, and then proceed to Checking In Doclets.