Web connectivity general properties

Use the following table as a guide for setting properties on the General tab. The available options vary depending on the type of component.

Description Option

The text that appears on a component button. Type the text in the box or click the Cell Selector ( ) to link it to a cell in the embedded spreadsheet.

Label

This table lists the connections that can be linked to a connection refresh button. Select the checkbox corresponding to the external data connections to be refreshed when the user clicks the button. To select all connections, select the checkbox at the top of the column.

Available Connections

Description Option

The items in the "Available Connections" list for a connection refresh button are based on connections configured in the "Data Manager". Click this button to open the "Data Manager" to add or modify external data connec-tions.

Launch Data Manager

The web address a URL button links to. Type the URL in the box or click the Cell Selector ( ) to link it to a cell in the embedded spreadsheet.

When this value is linked to the embedded spreadsheet, the button is up-dated whenever the value in the cell changes. You can then configure the source cell to be updated dynamically at runtime, allowing the URL button to call different pages.

Note:

You must include "http://" or "https://" in the web address.

URL

For a URL button, select this checkbox to encode special characters in the URL. This option ensures that there are no invalid characters.

Encode URL

For a URL button, this option specifies where the web page at the URL address opens. Select New Window to open the page in a separate browser window or This Window to open the page in the same window and replace the current contents in the window.

Window Options

For a Reporting Services button, click this button to open the "Select Re-port" dialog box, connect to Reporting Services, and choose a source report for the button.

Select Report

For a Reporting Services button, select this option to display the report parameters when the model runs.

Display Parameters at Run Time

For a Reporting Services button, select a parameter in the list and select a service value from this list to include the values in the report.

Use Service Values

For a Reporting Services button, select a parameter in the list and click the "Cell Selector" ( ) to use values from the embedded spreadsheet.

Link to Cell

Description Option

For a Reporting Services button, to map the report data to the model, select Default to use the default data mapping or select Advanced and then configure the following options:

Description Option

The list shows currently mapped ranges. Click the Plus and Minus icons to add or delete ranges.

Mapped Ranges

The list shows the columns for the selected range. Select a column and click the Up and Down arrows to change the sort order. Click the X button to remove the selected column from the list.

Selected Columns

Type a name for the selected range.

Name Data Mapping

For a Reporting Services button, this option defines the destination location for the report data. Type or click the Cell Selector ( ) to select cells in the embedded spreadsheet.

Range

For a Reporting Services button, select this option to enable use of the report's history.

Use Report History

The web address where a slide show component retrieves a JPEG or SWF file. Type the URL in the box or click the Cell Selector ( ) to link it to a cell in the embedded spreadsheet.

Once the image file is loaded, the slide show transitions to the image using the transition parameters defined on the Behavior view.

Note:

Progressive JPEGs and JPEGs with CMYK coloring are not supported.

URL (JPEG or SWF File)

The web address where a SWF loader component retrieves a SWF file.

Type the URL in the box or click the Cell Selector ( ) to link it to a cell in the embedded spreadsheet.

For the SWF Loader component, you can load another dashboard model that is stored in the BI platform by entering the DocumentDownload URL in this box. For more information about using the DocumentDownload URL, seeEmbedding BI platform documents in models.

Source URL

Description Option

Select this option for a slide show if you want to prevent users from inter-acting with the component at runtime.

Block Mouse Events

For a slide show or a SWF loader, this option allows you to specify which domain the slideshow or SWF Loader model will load into. The following three options are available:

Description Option

The model loads into a child application domain.

Note:

If the model is connected using an LCDS connector, the data will not load.

New

The model loads into the current application domain. The model uses only the first class definition; subsequent class definitions that are loaded in the domain (such as for the LCDS connector) are ignored. Use this option if the LCDS connection can share the main model's domain.

Note:

This option allows you to embed external codes to control the model, but if the LCDS connection is unable to share the main model's domain, data is not loaded.

Current

The model loads into a compatible bootstrap loader. If you need to run an LCDS model in a slideshow or SWF Loader, this option allows the model to share the classes defined in the bootstrap loader but use its own class defi-nitions for everything else. For example, the bootstrap loader loads the Slideshow or SWF Loader model and the Slideshow or SWF Loader model loads the LCDS model.

When the LCDS model is run in a slideshow or in the SWF Loader, the data is loaded correctly.

Note:

For more information about bootstrap loaders, see the Adobe Flex documentation.

Compatible Application Domain

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