An embedded browser control renders and executes in all Interactive Reporting environments (Interactive Reporting Studio, Interactive Reporting Web Client, and EPM Workspace).
Attributes and behavior of embedded browser controls, typical of all dashboard controls:
Is added to the dashboard section (in Design mode) by dragging an instance from Elements, sizing the instance, and setting properties
Uses common dashboard-control properties: name, visible, locked, tab order, accessibility, cut, copy, paste, auto-alignment and sizing
Properties of embedded browser controls, similar to properties of embedded sections:
Reference to the content—For embedded sections, the reference is the name of a chart, pivot, or table that is contained in the Interactive Reporting document file. For the embedded browser control, the reference is a URL. If the content is a generic URL (such as a stock ticker), the designer can reference it by entering the URL. If the content is an Interactive Reporting document, file in the repository, the designer can use GUI controls to select the Interactive Reporting document file and the preferred parameters, thus creating the appropriate Smartcut URL.
Note:
A report section that is contained in one Interactive Reporting document file and displayed in an embedded browser object of another Interactive Reporting document file cannot be printed.
To create instances of embedded browser controls:
Select Insert, then New Dashboard.
Inserting a dashboard section changes the document to Design mode. The content area is blank, and Elements displays the sections, graphics, controls and resources available for embedding in a dashboard section.
From Elements, expand Controls, and drag the embedded browser control onto the content area.
Double-click the control object.
Objects is displayed.
In Name enter a unique name for the control.
The default name is EmbeddedBrowser followed by a number.
In Title enter a title for the dashboard section.
The Title is only used when the dashboard section is printed.
Select Visible to display the embedded browser control when the dashboard section is executed.
Select Locked to prevent the embedded browser control from being moved or deleted.
By default, Locked is not selected.
From Show Scrollbar, to indicate when scroll bars are displayed on the embedded browser control, select a scrolling option:
Always
Never
Automatic (the default)
Optional: To define explicitly the URL of the content to be displayed in the embedded browser, in URL, enter the URL address.
When the embedded browser is rendered, the URL is used “as is” (server information is not appended).
You can reference Reporting and Analysis repository content by entering an explicit URL. In this case, the URL is treated like any other external reference (no special authentication support).
It is important to plan how the content of the URL is displayed in the embedded browser. An action from within the embedded content can result in the browser, rather than only the contents of the embedded browser control, being replaced.
Optional: To select a repository document (and associated properties) or an object to be displayed in the embedded browser control or HyperLink object, select Repository, and perform one or more actions:
Document—Enter manually the path and name of the preferred repository document
Browse—Browse the Reporting and Analysis repository for the preferred document
Options—Launch the Document Options dialog box so that you can select display properties for a EPM Workspace document (See Document Options)