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Creating a Design File For a Multiple Hierarchy Report

This task is a step in Process of Creating a Report with a Multiple Hierarchy.

When creating a parent-child report in Process of Creating a Report With a Parent-Child Relationship, you first created a custom component library and then a new report design in Actuate e.Report Designer Professional. Create a report design by first copying an existing design, and then making changes to the copy.

To create a design file with a multiple hierarchy

1. Open the acopcon.rod report design in Actuate e.Report Designer Professional.

   Note that the acopcon.rod file defines the Account - Opty/Contact Detail report.

2. From the application-level menu, choose File, Save As, and then save the file as mulhier.rod.
3. In the Report Structure window, right-click the acopcon top-level tree, choose Properties, and then change the ssReportTitle property to Multiple Hierarchy Report.
4. Modify the libraries included in this report:
   • Remove the acopcon.rol library.
   • Include the mulhier.rol library.

     The mulhier.rol file was created in Siebel Tools in the procedure in Creating Object Definitions For a Multiple Hierarchy Report. For more information about modifying libraries included a report, seeIncluding a Library.

5. In the Libraries window, expand the mulhier.rol library to open datastreams for the following business components:

   Library Name	Business Component Represented
   ssAccountQuery	Account
   ssOpportunityQuery_1	Opportunity
   ssContactQuery_2	Contacts
   ssCompetitorQuery_1_1	Competitor

6. Expand the ssRptOpportunity library, drag and drop the ssSeq library component onto the Content - ssRptAccount tree.

   ssSeq provides the sequential section that causes the subreports to execute in sequence.

7. In the Use As dialog box, choose Before.
8. Subclass ssSeq, and then rename it to ssSeqOpty.

   For more information, see Subclassing an Object and Renaming an Object.

9. Drag and drop the ssRpt component from the Libraries window onto the ssSeqOpty tree in the Report Structure window.
10. Subclass ssRpt, rename it to ssRptCompetitor, and then expand ssRptCompetitor.
11. Drag and drop the ssCompetitorQuery_1_1 component from the Libraries window onto the DataStream slot of the ssRptCompetitor tree in the Report Structure window.
12. From the application-level menu, choose File, and then Save.