Reports or snapshot reports created in Reporting Studio and other artifacts located in the repository such as text, HTML, PDF files and Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word files, as well as URLs, can be assembled into a book, enabling you to generate their output in one session from Planning and Budgeting Cloud Workspace. You can configure books to generate several versions of a report and different member selections. When a book containing those reports runs, all included reports are run at once. You can print or view the reports contained in the book individually or as a book.
Two types of books can be defined and saved to the repository:
Books—Comprised of reports and snapshot reports and other artifacts such as text and PDF files and Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word files. When you run a book, the report data is dynamically retrieved from the database; the snapshot data remains static.
Snapshot Books—A book saved as a snapshot book. The data contained in the reports, as well as a table of contents, is created when you save a book. Whenever a snapshot book is viewed, data-level security does not apply; data-level security is applied when the snapshot book is created and is based upon the data-level security that is set for the user who saved the snapshot book.
A book contains a book POV, which is a combination of all dimensions in the user POVs for each report in the book. Dimensions that are not defined in a report, default to the user POV member, and the dimensions are displayed in the book POV of the Book Editor. You can also select the user POV as a member on the book POV, allowing you to modify the parameters, because they are no longer stored in the book definition.
The member selected for a dimension in the book POV is used in each report referencing the book POV for that dimension. The data sources in the POV match the data sources used by the reports in the book.
Note: | When a book is scheduled as part of a batch, the dimension referring to the user POV are controlled by the scheduled batch POV. |
Tasks that can be performed with books and snapshot books:
Use batches to group and process sets of books
Email links to the books or snapshot books
Change a book’s data source
Delete books or snapshot books
Import books and snapshot books from a file system outside of the repository
Export books and snapshot books
Perform advanced member selection capabilities such as member functions for Children and Descendants, and lists