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Setting Resource Properties

When you select a data resource and click Show Properties on the Catalog Manager toolbar, the property list of the selected data resource is displayed. See Properties in the Catalog Manager for detailed explanation about properties of each data resource.

By default, the properties in the Catalog Manager cannot be edited. To make the properties editable:

1. On the Catalog Manager toolbar, click Options.
2. In the Options dialog, select Catalog in the Category box.
3. Uncheck the option Forbid editing data object properties, then click OK in the dialog to confirm the change.

Setting default values for data resources

You can set the default values for the properties of data resources in the Catalog Manager, so that you do not need to set them each time you insert them into your report. The data resources that can have default values are formulas, parameters, summaries, table/view columns, SQL columns, procedure columns and user data source columns. Query columns do not support this feature. Data resources that are used in a business view inherit their properties from the underlying objects.

To set default values for a data resource:

1. Make sure that the property values are editable in the Catalog Manager.
2. Select the data resource with the properties you want to set, click Show Properties on the Catalog Manager toolbar, or right-click the data resource and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
3. The properties listed in the Properties sheet are the default values for the selected data resource. You can change the property values here, and the next time you insert the data resource into a report, the value you specify here will be used as the default value.

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