In this lesson, you create a configuration to generate
and list data model information.
Now that you have designed the report, you will create a
report configuration to use when the application developers create
their reports. When users run the report configuration, the data model
information is listed in a web browser.
To create a report configuration:
- Select the report and create the configuration:
- Open the Navigator view.
- Right-click the myTest.rptdesign file
and click . The Report
Configurations window opens.
- Complete the Report Configuration wizard
as described in the following table:
Field |
Setting |
Name |
Type MyTestReport. |
Report |
- Select Location.
- Click the Workspace button. The Select
Report window opens.
- In the Select Report window, expand the IDA-Report folder
and select myTest.rptdesign. Click OK to
add the report design to the configuration.
|
- Click Apply to save the report
configuration, then click Close.
You created a report configuration named MyTestReport
that runs the myTest.rptdesign report design and lists the report
in a web browser.Note: In the future, you can modify the report configuration
by right-clicking the report design in the Navigator view
and selecting .
- Switch to the Data perspective.
- From the main menu, click . The Open Perspective window
opens.
- Select Data from the list of
options.
- From the main menu, click . The browser window opens and shows
the report.
Your report design and configuration are ready.
Application developers can use this report design and configuration
to determine the most useful columns and tables in the database.
You
can further refine this report to include other schemas that you model
in the future by following the steps that you learned in this tutorial.
You
can also use this report with other physical data models. You can
change the physical data model that is defined as the data source
for this report template and run the report. The report lists the
information for the data model that you defined as the data source.