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New View Element

This dialog appears when you,

It helps you to add a new view element into a business view, and consists of the following tabs:

OK

Applies all changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

Specifies properties of the view element.

New View Element dialog - General tab

Display Name

Specifies the display name of the view element which is intuitive to the end user.

Mapping Name

Specifies the mapping name of the field to which the view element is mapped. Click Choose button to select the field.

Type

Specifies the type of the view element: Group, Aggregation or Detail.

Aggregate Function

Available only when the type of the view element is defined as Aggregation. It specifies the function for the aggregation object. For details about each function, see Math Functions.

Customized

Available only when the type of the view element is defined as Aggregation. If checked, you can create a custom aggregation by writing a formula.

Tip

Specifies the tooltip of the view element which will be shown when you hover the mouse pointer over the element in the resource panel of the report studio or Visual Analysis main window at server runtime.

Description

Specifies the description of the view element.

Security

Specifies user accessibility to elements of the business views in the current catalog data source. For details about options in the tab, refer to Edit Business View Security dialog.

New View Element dialog - Security tab

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