I am new to Actuate and I have figured out how to build simple grouped reports. However, I am working on a project where the users have expressed a desire to create their own ad-hoc reports. The Interactive Ad-Hoc Reporting screen of the Actuate 5 Demo on the Actuate shows a picture of a screen with functionality that is similar to what I would like to implement.
There is a row of check boxes that are identified with field names. The user checks the fields they want to include in the report. Below the check boxes is a row of a few drop down boxes. Each drop down box contains a list of field names. The user can specify fields to sort the report by with this row of drop down boxes. Below the row of drop down boxes is a row containing paired drop down boxes and a text box. This enables the user to filter the report by selecting a field in the drop down box and keying a value into the text box they are filtering for.
I have searched the Actuate documentation, Web site, and the Internet for information or sample code on how to implement this but have came up empty thus far. Just looking at it I would suspect that I would build a post request when the user clicks the refresh button and then programitically build the report based on the user's selections. Can anyone tell me if I am on the right track? Also, can anyone point me to some information or sample code?
TIA
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There is a row of check boxes that are identified with field names. The user checks the fields they want to include in the report. Below the check boxes is a row of a few drop down boxes. Each drop down box contains a list of field names. The user can specify fields to sort the report by with this row of drop down boxes. Below the row of drop down boxes is a row containing paired drop down boxes and a text box. This enables the user to filter the report by selecting a field in the drop down box and keying a value into the text box they are filtering for.
I have searched the Actuate documentation, Web site, and the Internet for information or sample code on how to implement this but have came up empty thus far. Just looking at it I would suspect that I would build a post request when the user clicks the refresh button and then programitically build the report based on the user's selections. Can anyone tell me if I am on the right track? Also, can anyone point me to some information or sample code?
TIA
D Nickels