Creating Multi-Page Documents

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In Document mode, content can be created on multiple pages. The available output formats are: HTML, active report, PDF, Excel (xlsx), and PowerPoint (pptx). Additional Excel formats are available, as well.

Note: When working in Document mode using the active report format, you can create a rich, multi-object document that integrates various reports and charts, closely resembling a dashboard.

Microsoft Excel 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 are enabled by default in the Administration Console. To enable or disable formats, you must do so in the Administration Console.

Creating Multi-page Documents

How to:

You can create multi-page documents, allowing you to display an array of information across different pages.

Procedure: How to Create a Multi-page Document

  1. Create a new document.

    Page 1 appears on the canvas title bar.

  2. Add content, such as a new or existing report, chart, text, and images to Page 1.
  3. To add another page, do one of the following:
    • On the Insert tab, in the Pages group, click Page.
    • On the canvas title bar, click the page icon. From the Page menu that opens, select New Page.

    A new page, for example, Page 2, is inserted after the current page, and appears on the canvas.

    Each new page that you add is named Page n, where n is a unique number increasing by an increment of 1.

  4. Add content to Page 2.
  5. Repeat steps 3 - 4 until your document is complete.

    To navigate between pages, open the Page menu by clicking the Page icon at the top of the canvas.

Creating a Multi-page Active Technologies Dashboard

How to:

You can create a multi-page active technologies dashboard using InfoAssist+.

Procedure: How to Create a Multi-page Active Technologies Dashboard

  1. Create a new active dashboard by setting the output format to active report.

    Page 1 appears on the canvas title bar.

  2. Add content, such as a new or existing report, chart, text, images, and active dashboard prompts to Page 1.
  3. To add another page, do one of the following:
    • On the Insert tab, in the Pages group, click Page.
    • On the canvas title bar, click the page icon. From the Page menu that opens, select New Page.

    A new page, for example, Page 2, is inserted after the current page, and appears on the canvas.

    Each new page that you add is named Page n, where n is a unique number increasing by an increment of 1.

  4. Add content to Page 2.
  5. Repeat steps 3 - 4 until your dashboard is complete.

    To navigate between pages, open the Page menu by clicking the Page icon at the top of the canvas.

  6. Run the active dashboard.

    The tabs appear at the top of the canvas.

Navigating the Page Menu

You can access the Page menu by clicking the Page icon in Design mode.

The Page menu lists the pages in the order in which you created them. You can rearrange the pages using drag-and-drop functionality. You can also select multiple pages and delete them.

In addition, the Page menu contains the New Page option to add a new page to the document. The Duplicate option creates a duplicate page.

The Page menu also contains Page Options which you can click to launch a dialog box of the following options:

  • Rename Page
  • Move Page Up
  • Move Page Down
  • Delete

When you select a page, the Rename, Move Up, Move Down, and Delete options become active in the menu bar at the top of the dialog box. Also, when you right-click a page, a context menu of these same options opens.

The position of the page that you have selected determines which directional options are available. For example, Move Up would not be an option for Page 1. Move Down would not be an option for the last page.

To close the dialog box, click OK.

Using the Active Cache Option

Because all post-retrieval processing is performed in the memory of the web browser, an active report has a processing limit of approximately 5,000 records or 100 pages of output. The active cache option enables you to send only the first page of active report output to the browser and retrieve subsequent pages from a temporary cache on the Reporting Server.

Tip: It is recommended that you set the number of rows retrieved five times greater than the number of lines retrieved per page (as indicated in SET LINES). The minimum number of rows retrieved is 100.

Enabling Active Cache Through InfoAssist+

Active cache is enabled when you select active report as the output type and the Pages on Demand button (Format tab, Navigation group) is enabled.

The Advanced tab on the active report options dialog box contains the Rows Retrieved drop-down list. Use this setting to establish the increments in which the cached data stored in a binary file is returned to the output window. The default is 100.

Note: In a multi-page document, active cache must be enabled per component. It is not globally set. Therefore, when creating a document in AHTML format, you must select each component separately to enable active cache. When you do so, the Pages on Demand button is activated.

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