1. User's Guide
  2. Smart View and Narrative Reporting
  3. Authoring Doclets
  4. Working with Variables
  5. Unlinking Reference Variables

Unlinking Reference Variables

Unlinking applies to reference variables only. When you unlink a reference variable, Narrative Reporting removes the association between the reference variable value and the source value in the doclet, and sets the value to #Missing.

To unlink a variable:
  1. Open a report package, and then open and check out a doclet.
  2. In the drop-down list in the Report Package panel, select Variables.

    Shows the options available in drop-down list in the Report Package. Options are Report Center and Variables.

    The list of variables available in the report package is displayed in the panel.

  3. In the Smart View Panel, select the reference variable to unlink from the list and click the Edit Variable button, The Edit Variable button, which displays when you select a variable form the list..

    The Edit Variable button, The Edit Variable button, which displays when you select a variable form the list., displays whenever you select a variable from the list.

  4. In the variable editing area, click the Unlink button, The Unlink button.

    A warning message is displayed to advise that the selected variable will be permanently removed from the doclet.

    Though the variable values in the selected doclet are no longer managed by Narrative Reporting, the #Missing text remains in the doclet. If required, manually remove the #Missing text from the doclet.

  5. Repeat the preceding steps for any other variables that you want to unlink.
  6. When finished, upload check in the doclet.