The explorerDetailDef element is a member of the following categories:
Namespace -- http://xmlns.oracle.com/bibeans
Group -- BI uiXML elements
Type of element -- Definition
Use the explorerDetailDef element to create an instance of the oracle.dss.thin.beans.persistence.ExplorerDetail
class, which lets you browse the BI Beans Catalog, select a presentation (that
is, a crosstab, graph, or table), or identify a folder in which to save a presentation.
Search controls are available as part of the ExplorerDetail
object,
or you can define an explorerQuickSearch
element to specify search controls that are to be displayed in a separate
location in the page that contains the ExplorerDetail
object.
You can use the scripting variables that are created by this element to get
and set attributes of the ExplorerDetail
object.
id -- (Required) A unique identifier for this element.
scope -- Determines the accessibility and lifetime of the object; select one of the following values: Request or Session (Default). You must use the default value if you want to be able to refer to this element from a different page in your application.
selectObjectPage -- Specifies the UIX page to navigate to
after a presentation is selected in the ExplorerDetail
object.
After a selection occurs, the ExplorerDetail
object fires an event
to open this page.
selectObjectTargetId -- Specifies the identifier of the object
that handles the select object event that is fired by this ExplorerDetail
object. For example, a presentationDef
element can serve as the target for file that you select. This element must
be contained in the page that is specified by the openPage
attribute.
rootName -- Specifies the label to display above the default root folder in the BI Beans Catalog. This folder is identified at the time that you create the connection to the Catalog.
allowSearch -- Indicates whether search controls are to be
displayed as part of this ExplorerDetail
object. If you want to
display the search controls separately, then set this attribute to False and
use the explorerQuickSearchDef element to define the search controls in the
page that contains the explorerDetailDef element.
allowFilter -- Indicates whether to display filter controls
as part of this ExplorerDetail
object to limit the type of files
that are available for selection.
submitFolderPage -- The purpose of this attribute is to specify
the page to return to after a folder is selected. Specifies the identifier of
the page that contains an element that handles the submit folder event. (This
is the page, such as a Save As dialog, that contains the Browse
button that provided navigation to this ExplorerDetail
object.)
submitFolderTargetId -- Specifies the identifier of the element
that handles the submit folder event. This element must be contained in the
page that is specified by the submitFolderPage
attribute.
The explorerDetailDef element is a child of the biThinSession element.
To render the ExplorerDetail
object that is defined by this element,
use the explorerDetail
element.
If you want to use the ExplorerDetail
object in a page to serve
as a dialog, then use the submitEventDef
element to define Apply and Cancel
buttons or links for the ExplorerDetail
object as follows:
Apply button or link -- Associate with the
bi_submitFolder
event
bi_cancel
event