4.6 Report Properties
You can change global report settings from the 'Report Properties' dialog box. To open the 'Report Properties' dialog box, select 'Report Properties' from the Style Studio File menu. The dialog box contains four tabs: Options, Document Info, Settings, and Viewer Actions.
The Options tab provides properties related to report features.

• CSS Location: Location of a CSS file which specifies formatting information for the report element styles. The location can be specified as a resource path (path relative to any folder on the classpath) or an absolute path. See CSS Styles for more information.
• Max Number of Pages: Sets the maximum number of report pages to be displayed in the Portal. This prevents a user from accidently generating an unexpectedly large report (for example, by entering an unreasonably large date range as a parameter). When the report exceeds the explicit limit, the displayed report is truncated as required, and an optional warning message is issued to the user (see below). To specify a global maximum for all reports, see the 'Report Maximum Page Count' property in the Performance Options and Safeguards section of the Administration Reference.
• Save Parameter Values: Causes user-entered parameter values to be saved and reused every time the report is opened. (This applies to all types of parameters.) Users can change parameters by using the 'Customize' button in the Portal toolbar. See Report Toolbar in End User for more information.
• View as Single Page: Causes the report to be generated in the Portal as a single HTML page, without any pagination. This is useful for applications such as parameter sheets, where pagination is not desired. For most other cases, leave this option disabled.
• Auto Page Width: Specifies that the report width should expand to fit its contents. This only works if all table elements in the report are configured for 'Fit to Page'. See Table Element for more details.
• Sort On Header: Adds sorting functionality to table and crosstab headers. This allows the user to click the table column header to sort the corresponding data in ascending or descending order.
• Display Warning Information: If the 'Max Number of Pages' setting results in truncation of the displayed report, this options displays a warning message to the user on the final page of the report. The warning.position.onheader in the sree.properties file determines the position of the warning message. A value of true displays the message in the top right corner of the page header, while a value of false (default) displays the message in the bottom right corner of the page footer.
The Document Info tab lists special document properties. The Author property is set automatically when the report is initially saved.

The Settings tab contains options for default date format and text wrapping. See Formatting for more information about the available date format options.

The Viewer Actions tab lets you specify custom ViewerAction classes (implementing the ViewerAction interface; see the API documentation for more information). A ViewerAction object represents a custom button in viewer, specifying the icon and the label for the button, as well as its behavior.

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