9.6 Managing Interactive Reports

An interactive report is the formatted result of a SQL query that is only supported on Desktop pages. End users can customize the report layout and data displayed by selecting options on the Actions menu. Developers control how a interactive report works by editing the following attributes in Page Designer: region attributes, report Attributes, and Column attributes.

• Managing Interactive Report Region Attributes
  Each application page contains one or more regions. A region is an area on a page that serves as a container for content. Developers edit region attributes to alter the SQL source, change the region layout and appearance, define a region displays selector, and create region conditions.
• Managing Interactive Report Attributes
  Report Attributes control how an interactive report works. Developers edit interactive grid Attributes to control if end users can edit the underlying data, configure report pagination, create error messages, configure the toolbar and download options, control if users can save public reports, and add Icon and Detail Views.
• Managing Interactive Report Column Attributes
  Column attributes enable developers to control the display, features, and behavior of interactive grid columns. Developers edit Column attributes to alter nearly all aspects of column behavior, including altering the layout and appearance, creating validations, defining column links, creating column filters, and adding support for export and printing.
• Customizing Interactive Reports in a Running Application
  When running an application, users (that is, both end users and developers) can alter the layout of interactive reports data by choosing the columns they are interested in, applying filters, highlighting, and sorting. They can also define breaks, aggregations, charts, group bys, and add their own computations.
• Linking to Interactive Reports
  Developers can use the syntax in the Request value and ItemNames section of the URL to link to interactive reports.