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

Highlighting Variables in Doclets

You can quickly view the instances of a variable in a doclet using the Highlight command for the selected variable.

To highlight a variable in a doclet:

  1. Open a report package, and then open a doclet.

    You do not need to check out a doclet in order to highlight variables.

  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. Select a variable from the list in the Smart View Panel.
  4. Click the Options button, The Options button for a selected variable, resembles the head of an arrow pointing downward and, from the drop-down menu, select Highlight.

    Note:

    Highlighting is not supported on variables placed within headers and footers in Word doclets.

    In Figure 23-38, the CurrentMonth variable, a static variable, is selected in the Smart View Panel. After selecting Highlight, the CurrentMonth variable is highlighted in the doclet at the left.

    Figure 23-38 Doclet with Highlighting Enabled for a Selected Variable


    On the right, in the Smart View Panel, a selected variable is shown, along with the menu options available for that variable from the Options button. On the left, the location of the selected variable inserted in the doclet is shown with yellow highlight.
  5. To unhighlight the selected variable, click the Options button, The Options button for a selected variable, resembles the head of an arrow pointing downward and, from the drop-down menu, select Unhighlight.