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

Working with Variables in Smart View for PowerPoint

When working with Oracle Smart View for Office and the Narrative Reporting extension on the 32-bit version of Office 365, an intermittent issue occurs when inserting a variable into a PowerPoint doclet from the Variables panel. At times, the variable is not inserted correctly and only a blank space is inserted. Other times, the variable inserts correctly.

Workaround: Variables will insert without issues if you turn off Windows Clipboard history. Follow these steps to turn off the "Clipboard history" setting.

  1. From the Windows Start button, select Settings.

  2. Search for "Clipboard" and select Clipboard settings.

  3. In the Clipboard settings page, set the Clipboard history option to Off.

  4. Start PowerPoint and connect to Narrative Reporting.

  5. Open a PowerPoint report package, and then open and check out a PowerPoint doclet.

  6. Insert variables in the PowerPoint doclet.