Adding a Reference File to a Doclet

Now that you have created your Reference file in Microsoft Office Excel, you can add the Reference file to your doclet so that you can then add embedded ranges from the Reference file to your doclet.

To add a Reference file to your doclet:

1. Check out the doclet from the report center that you are adding the Reference file to.
2. Select the doclet in the report center that you checked out and would like to embed content to and select the next to the doclet and then Act on Content and select Inspect Embedded Content. The Embedded Content tab is displayed.
3. Select the Available Sources tab.
   
   
4. You may or may not have an available Reference file listed. In the example image above, there is a Reference file listed. If we assume you have no Reference files listed, then select from the Embedded Content dialog to select and add a Reference file. The Add Reference File dialog is displayed.
   
   

   Note:

   You must have at least one defined named range in the Reference file you choose.
5. Select from the Add Reference File dialog to select a Reference file.
6. An Add Reference File dialog is displayed with the Reference file you selected. There is also a list of named ranges in this Reference file that you previously defined as shown in the image below.
   
   
7. Select the check box next to an available named range to add to the doclet and select OK.
8. Optionally: Select the named range to rename the range or add a description. See Managing Named Ranges for a Reference File.
9. Select OK.
10. Select Act on Content and select Check In.

- Complete this Learning Path for a hands-on Report Packages: Working with Reference Files.