Editing the Report Layout

You use report layouts to arrange objects, such as data items and columns, in a report template. A report can have multiple layouts, including those that you create yourself. If you want a personal report to become a shared report, you can promote it. If the promotion request is approved, the personal report becomes a shared report.

The Layout tab enables you to select a different layout for a report, select row set options, and change the output format. The Edit Layout icon appears on the Layout tab for personal reports. Because you can change the report layout for personal reports without affecting other users, the Edit Layout icon appears on the Layout tab.

See Layout Tab for additional information about layout options.

You use Oracle's BI Publisher Layout Editor to create and modify One View report layouts. The following examples show changes you might want to make to a report layout:

• Map a category code to a chart.

• Add a chart.

• Change a chart type.

• Add a warning when the number of records meeting the report criteria exceeds the number of records displayed in the report.

• Display the selection criteria for the report.

Note: Before you can edit the report layout for a shared report, you must reserve the report. A copy of the report is added to your Reserved section of the One View menu. Other users can continue to run the existing report. When you are finished making updates, you must request to publish the edited version as shared and the shared report will be replaced with your version.

To make other types of report modifications, such as adding or deleting columns from the data model, see Editing the Report Definition.