Adding Interactive Report Contents Controls

A control is an object that is used to manage data, displayed report objects, enables the user to change selected dimension elements or report parameters.

To set up controls, use the Controls panel.

Show or hide the Controls panel

Available Controls panel position options:

To place the element panel on top, select the Top item in the drop-down menu of the Panel Position button.

If controls do not fit the Controls panel when it is positioned at the top, the panel is displayed as collapsed by default:

To display the panel as expanded, click the Expand button:

To collapse the panel again, click the Collapse button.

To place the element panel to the left, select the Left item in the drop-down menu of the Panel Position button.

The selected panel position is saved on report saving.

Setting Up Controls

Controls can be set up on report editing and include the operations:

Add a control

Edit control

Reorder controls

Resize controls

Show hidden controls

Delete control

Working with Interactive Controls

Controls can be used to execute the following operations as well as on opening a report for view:

Set up selection of dimension elements

Use alternative hierarchy

Expand/collapse hierarchy of list of dimension elements

Dimension element search

See also:

Building Report | Working with Interactive Controls