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Report Center

Use the Report Center tab to control what users can do when using QMF for Windows Report Center.

The QMF for Windows Report Center application allows users to produce custom reports using shared QMF queries, forms, procedures, and tables. The custom reports can then be viewed and manipulated in a variety of applications.

The permissions that are granted to a user's ID determine what privileges they have when using QMF for Windows Report Center. The lowest level of user, a consumer, can just run reports that have already been created. The highest level of user, a power user, can run existing reports, access objects, create new reports, save reports on the database server, and grant access privileges for reports to other users. Depending on the privileges assigned, users can fall somewhere in between a consumer and power user.

The privileges that control a user ID in Report Center are specified in the following places:

Table 26. Report Center Fields
Field Description
Allow display of all object types YES identifies the Report Center user as a power user. A power user will see the Public Favorites folder as well as all database objects. Power users can run reports and create reports. NO identifies the Report Center user as a consumer. A consumer user is only going to see the Public Favorites folder that resides on the database. No database objects are listed in the Report Center tree. Consumer users can only run reports, they cannot create reports.
Allow administration of root node Specifies whether the power user can add folders and reports directly under the Public Favorites root folder. You must assign this permission to at least one user in order to start populating the Public Favorites branch of the Report Center tree. Once folders are added at this level other users (or the creator) can add reports to the high level folder. NO indicates that the power user cannot add folders to the Public Favorites root folder. YES indicates that the power user can add folders to the Public Favorites root folder.
Allow taking ownership of nodes Specifies whether the power user can take ownership of another user's folder or report in the Public Favorites folder. NO indicates that the power user cannot take ownership of another user's folder or report in the Public Favorites folder. YES indicates that the power user can take ownership of another user's folder or report in the Public Favorites folder.


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