6.3 Saving a Report to the Working Repository

To view a report within the User Portal, you must save or deploy the report to a repository that can be accessed by a Style Intelligence server.

Style Studio's default working repository, called 'Default Repository', is a local repository located at server\webapps\sree\WEB-INF\classes. This directory location is also the standard repository for the default installation of the Style Intelligence server. Therefore, when you deploy a report into the 'Default Repository', this report will be automatically available to the default installation of the Style Intelligence server.

Note: Style Studio deployment is intended for development purposes. To deploy to a production server, see Incremental Deployment of Assets in Administration Reference.

In the following example, you will use Style Studio to deploy the “Sample Sales Report” (see Adding Data Elements) to the 'Default Repository'. Follow the steps below.

1. In Style Studio, open the “Sample Sales Report” if it is not already open. To do this, follow the steps below:

a. Press the 'Open' button in the Style Studio toolbar.

b. In the 'Open' dialog box, select the Local Report tab, and navigate to the location where you saved the “Sample Sales Report” report.

c. Select the “Sample Sales Report” and press 'Open'.

2. From the Style Studio 'File' menu, select 'Save As'. This opens the 'Save As' dialog box.

3. In the 'Save As' dialog box, select the Repository Report tab.

Note: To deploy the report to an alternate repository, use the 'Deploy' button. See Deploying a Report or Asset to a Remote Repository.

This tab provides access to the working repository, the location from which Style Studio accesses reports and other assets. The physical storage of reports depends on the type of repository that you have configured in Style Studio. (See Configuring a Reposi­tory for further information.)

4. In the 'Name' field, enter a name for the deployed report, such as “Sample Sales Report”.

This name is used as the physical report filename (a “.srt” exten­sion is added automatically). The name is also displayed as the report's label in the 'Repository' listing in the User Portal unless you specify an alternate 'Alias' for this purpose.

5. (Optional) In the 'Alias' field, enter the label under which to display the report in the 'Repository' listing of the User Portal (for example, “User Sales Report”. If you do not supply an 'Alias', the 'Name' field is used to provide this label.

 

6. (Optional) Enter a 'Description' for the report. The description is displayed to users when they hover the mouse over the report name.

7. Press 'Save' to deploy the report into the working repository.

To verify that the report has been successfully deployed into the working repository, follow the steps below:

1. Expand the Style Studio Asset panel.

 

2. Expand the 'Report Repository' node on the tree.

 

3. Verify that the “Sample Sales Report” report is displayed in the 'Report Repository' listing. Note that in the Style Studio Asset panel, the report is displayed using the label supplied by the 'Name' field (“Sample Sales Report”) rather than the label supplied by the 'Alias' field.

The deployed report will be available in the User Portal of the server that shares the same working repository as Style Studio. The next section, Using a Report, explains how users can access this report in the User Portal.

See Also

Saving a Report, in Report Design, for additional information on deploying reports.

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