Report Studio

Adding Data to a Static Active Report Control

For static value driven controls, you manually insert the data in a data table.

To add data to a static control:

In the report, click the definition icon of the control.
Note: The definition icon is visible only when the visual aid Show Interactive Object Controls is enabled.
To add a new object, such as a card in a deck or a button in a button bar, under Data Table, click the new button.
In the Data Table, define the values that you want to appear in the control.

Values are organized by data item. In addition to the default data item (Label) and values provided, you can create your own data items and values. For example, to add an icon to each value, you must create a data item for the icons.

To define a new data item, click the new button and type the name of the data item that you want to create.
Click inside each table row and type the name of the value.
to add translations for the values, to support users in multiple languages, click the ellipsis button, choose the languages that you want to support by clicking the Add button and type the translated text for each language added.
If you created new data items, in the Definition box, click the Label drop-down list and select the data item that you want to use in the control.
To add an icon to each value, select the Icon box, click the drop-down list, and select the data item that contains the icons you want to use.

You cannot add an icon to values in static decks and discrete values sliders. To add an icon to values in a static repeater table, insert the Image object from the Toolbox. Then specify the data item fro the icons by referencing the data item in the Properties pane.

Optional: If you want to copy all data values to another static control, click the Copy Control Definition icon.

After you have copied the data values of the control, click the definition icon of another static control and then click the Past Control Definition icon to copy the data values.

Note: You can also drag items from one control and drop them in another control. This action moves the data item from one control to another control instead of copying the item. You can drag and drop data items only to static controls that can contain objects, such as a deck, tab control and repeater table. In addition, the data table of the target control must contain a data item with the same name as the data item you are moving, such as Label.
If the control is a deck, click the left and right arrows to navigate to each card of the deck and insert the objects that you want to appear on each card.

To create a default card that will appear when no other card matches the variable value passed to the deck, in the Properties pane, click Yes for the Default Card property. Then click the No Data Contents tab for the deck and insert the objects that you want to appear on the default card.

If you insert an object in a static control, such as an image in a static repeater table, you can use a data item in the control to populate the object.