Tools Menu Command Reference

The following table provides a quick reference to the commands available on the Tools menu and list any related shortcut menus. The commands listed are those available in the Query and Results sections.

Command

Description

Keyboard Shortcut

Process Query

Processes the current query, all queries in the document, a customized selection of queries, or a processing order.

 

Connection

Allows you to select, log on, log out, modify, or create a connection.

 

Connect to System 9 BI+

Enables you to specify the data access servlet URL required to launch Reporting and Analysis.  

Connections Manager

Opens the Connections Manager dialog box.

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Save Connection

Saves an Interactive Reporting database connection with an Interactive Reporting document.

 

Administer Repository (Studio only)

Opens the Administer Repository dialog box, where you can modify object descriptions or groups.

 

Launch Dashboard Studio

Launches Dashboard Studio, which is a wizard-driven dashboard development tool for Interactive Reporting and lets you rapidly build dashboards without writing any code.

 

Launch Dashboard Architect

Launches Dashboard Architect, which is an integrated development environment (IDE) for Interactive Reporting and lets you rapidly build, test, debug and integrate Interactive Reporting applications, dramatically increasing developer efficiency and productivity.

 

Options

Allows you to set default formats or program options.

 

Customize

Opens the Customize dialog box where you can add customized menus or menu items.

 

Change Database Password (Web Client Only)

Change the password used to log into the database. This feature is database dependent as only the following providers enable users to change the password:
  • Teradata

  • Red Brick Warehouse

  • Oracle

  • Essbase

  • Sybase System

  • Informatica

For all other databases, this feature is greyed out.
 

Change Web Client Version (Web Client Only)

Change the Interactive Reporting Web Client version in which the document is opened. Available for offline Interactive Reporting documents only.