8.9.6.7 Enabling Icon View

Learn about interactive report Icon View.

By default, most interactive reports display as a report. You can optionally display columns as icons. When configured to display columns as icons, a View Icons icon displays on the Search bar.

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To use Icon view, you must identify the columns used to identify the icon, the label, and the target (that is, the link). As a best practice, set these columns to display as hidden since they are typically not useful for end users.

Parent topic: Managing Interactive Report Attributes

8.9.6.7.1 Adding a View Icon Button

Add Icon view to an interactive report.

To add Icon view to an interactive report:

  1. View the page in Page Designer:
    Page Designer appears.
  2. In the Rendering tab, select the region containing the report.
  3. In the Property Editor, select the Attributes tab.
    The Property Editor displays the attributes. Attributes are organized in groups
  4. Find Icon View. Configure the following attributes:
    1. Show - Select On to add a View Icons icon to the Search bar.
    2. Custom - Specify whether you wish to define a custom link for the Icon View. This option provides greater flexibility in defining the content of the Icon View, including the ability to utilize more than one column. Select On or Off.
    3. Columns Per Row - Select the number of icons to display per row in Icon View. A value of 5 displays 5 icons per row of the report.
    4. Link Column - Select the column that returns the link target of the icon.
    5. Image Source Column - Identify the column that returns the image source.
    6. Label Column - Select the column that returns the image label.
  5. To save your changes click Save. To save and run the page, click Save and Run Page.

See Also:

Adding a Custom Icon View Link

Parent topic: Enabling Icon View

8.9.6.7.2 Adding a Custom Icon View Link

Add a custom Icon View link.

A custom Icon View link provides greater flexibility in defining the content of the Icon View, including the ability to utilize more than one column.

To add a custom Icon View link:

  1. View the page in Page Designer:
    Page Designer appears.
  2. In the Rendering tab, select the region containing the report.
  3. In the Property Editor, select the Attributes tab.
    The Property Editor displays the attributes. Attributes are organized in groups
  4. Find Icon View. Configure the following attributes:
    1. Show - Select On.
    2. Custom - Select On.
    3. Columns Per Page - Select the number of icons to display per row in Icon View. A value of 5 displays 5 icons per row of the report.
    4. Custom Link - Enter the column link for the Icon view. Use substitution strings for column names, for example:
      <a href="#EMP_LINK#"><img src="#EMP_IMG#" title="#ENAME#" alt=""><br>#ENAME#</a>
  5. To save your changes click Save. To save and run the page, click Save and Run Page.

See Also:

Adding a Custom Icon View Link

Parent topic: Enabling Icon View