2.5.4 Setting Viewsheet Options

You can set global options for the Viewsheet from the 'Viewsheet Options' dialog box. To open the 'Viewsheet Options' dialog box, do one of the following:
• Click the 'Options' button in the main toolbar.
• Right-click in an empty location on the Viewsheet grid, and select 'Options' from the context menu.

The Options tab of the 'Viewsheet Options' dialog box provides the following settings:
Setting |
Description |
Data Source |
The Worksheet, query, data model, or table to which the current Viewsheet is linked. Press 'Select' to choose a data source. Press 'Clear' to unbind the data source. |
Use Metadata |
Suppress the display of live data during Viewsheet design. See Suppressing Query Execution in Design View. |
Auto Save |
When enabled, will automatically save the current Viewsheet at the specified interval (minutes). |
Prompt for parameters |
Enables user prompting for any parameters defined in the linked data source. Disable 'Prompt for parameters' to completely suppress prompting. Press the 'Customize' button to selectively disable prompting for certain parameters. (If disabled parameters are used within filter conditions, the corresponding filter conditions are dropped.) See Suppressing Parameter Prompting for more information. |
Target Screen |
Displays a dashed border of the specified pixel dimensions on the Viewsheet grid to assist with Viewsheet sizing. See Tailoring the Viewsheet for Specific Screen Size for more information. |
Server-Side Update |
Automatically refreshes Viewsheet data at the period specified by the 'Refresh Interval'. To customize the refresh behavior, see Enabling Server-Side Update for a Dashboard in Administration Reference. Note that if a materialized view has been created for the Viewsheet, server-side update is inactive. (See Materialized Views in Administration Reference for more information on materialized views.) |
Design mode sample data size |
Limits the number of records retrieved by a Viewsheet in design mode. This setting applies only to Viewsheets based on queries and data models. Viewsheets that are based on a Data Worksheet are governed by the corresponding 'Design mode sample data size' setting in the Worksheet, and the Viewsheet setting is disabled. See Setting Global Worksheet Options in Data Mashup for more information. |
List on Portal Tree |
Determines whether the current Viewsheet will be visible in the User Portal (subject to permissions set by administrator). |
Alias |
Specifies a designation to be used in place of the actual Viewsheet name. The alias replaces the Viewsheet name in all contexts except the following: The Report tab and the 'Export Assets' page in Enterprise Manager. These always display the actual Viewsheet name. |
Description |
A description to appear as a tooltip when the user hovers the mouse over the Viewsheet in the Portal tree. |
The Filters tab of the 'Viewsheet Options' dialog box allows you to specify the manner in which selection elements in different Viewsheets should interact within the Portal. See Synchronizing Selection Elements and Input Elements for more information.
See Also
Linking a Viewsheet to a Data Source, to configure a Viewsheet data source.
Deploying a Viewsheet to the Repository, for information on displaying reports.
Using a Parameter in a Condition, in Data Mashup, for parameter usage.
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