Interface
Open Intellicus Desktop Kyvos Reporting Studio installed on your system. Like any other desktop application, Intellicus Desktop Kyvos Reporting Studio has menus, toolbars, status bar and the area where other panes open.
Figure 1: Intellicus Kyvos Reporting Studio screen
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The canvas area of Intellicus Desktop Kyvos Reporting Studio consists of the following panes:
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When you drag a field from Fields List, Intellicus Kyvos Reporting will also place its caption in the header section.
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Click View > Properties to show/hide this window.
Menus
Intellicus Desktop Kyvos Reporting Studio menu bar has the following options:
Figure 5: Intellicus Kyvos Reporting menu bar
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Below table shows the sub menus and their description:
Tab | Sub-menu and Description |
File | · New: Use this option to create a new report. Click SQL Report that will get data from a database. · Open: To open an existing report (.irl file). · Close: To close the open report file. · Save: To save the report format file. · Save As: To save the open report file at a specific location with same or different name. · Page Setup: To carry out print related settings. · Dashboard Page Setup: To set the page dimensions when the report will be used on a dashboard. · Print Preview: To preview the report. · Import: To import a crystal report in |
Kyvos Reporting. · Recent Files: To see list of recently opened files. · Exit: To exit from |
Kyvos Reporting Studio. | |
Edit | · Sub Report: To edit the existing sub report. · Undo: To Undo the last action. · Cut: To remove the selected object from its existing location (to be placed at some other location). · Copy: To copy the selected object from its existing location (to be placed at some other location). · Paste: To place the object that was copied or cut earlier. · Delete: To delete selected (one or more) objects. · Delete Section: To delete selected section. |
View | · Design: To switch over to Design View from the Preview. · Preview: To preview the report being designed. · Properties: To hide / show properties list. · Explorer: To make the Explorer window disappear and appear. · Fields: To make the Fields window disappear and appear. · Refresh Fields: To refresh the field list. You may click this option after making changes in an SQL query. · Full Screen: To get a full screen view for Layout Editor. To come back to Normal View, right click on a report band, and click the Full Screen option. This option is not available for while previewing a report. · Grid: To toggle between making a grid visible or Invisible. · Toolbars: A mouse hover on this option opens a sub menu with options for Standard, Format, Status Bar and Toolbox. A click on an option will make the corresponding toolbar visible / invisible. |
Insert | · Section: Use this sub menu to insert a Report Header/Footer, a Page Header/Footer and Group Header/Footer in the report. Click its option Re-Arrange Groups to rearrange groups. · Controls and Object related menu options: This includes options to insert Label, Field, Check box, Page Break, Line, Shape, Image, Frame and a Rich Text Box in the report layout. · Sub Report: Use this option to insert a sub-report in the report layout. · Cross Tab: Use this option to insert a cross-tab control on the report layout. · Chart: Use this option to insert a chart control on the report layout. · Caption: Use this option to insert caption of the field whose associated caption is not present. · Summary Field: Use options under this sub-menu to select and insert a summary field on all the group footers. · Date / Time: Use this option to insert a Date / Time control on the report layout. · Page Numbers: Use this option to insert page number control on the report layout. |
Format | · Align: Use this sub menu to align selected controls to Left, to Center, to right, towards top, middle or bottom or align with the grid. · Size: Use this sub menu to re-arrange all the selected controls to have the Same Width, Same Height or both. · Horizontal Spacing: Use this sub menu to set horizontal spacing among two or more selected controls, as Equal, Increase, Decrease. · Vertical Spacing: Use this sub menu to set vertical spacing among two or more selected controls, as Equal, Increase, Decrease. · Paint Properties: To apply format properties to selected control(s). · Bring to Front: Use this menu option to bring the selected control to front. This control will overlap all other controls. · Send to Back: Use this menu option to bring the selected control to back. All other controls will overlap this control. · Styles: Use this menu option to get Styles dialog box. · Conditional Formatting: Use this menu option to get Conditional Formatting dialog box. · Notifications: Use this menu option to get Notifications dialog box. · Hyperlink: Use this menu option to get Hyperlink Options dialog box. · Lock Layout: To lock all the controls on the report to their respective locations. This is a menu option with toggle effect. |
Tools | · Connections: Use this menu option to set database connection for the open report. All types of connections will be available here, including OLAP type and others. · Parameters: If the report needs one or more run time parameters at run time, use this menu option to get Parameters dialog box. Setup parameter information on this dialog box. · Parameters Form Layout: Use this option to open Parameters Form Layout dialog and specify layout details for Input Parameters Form (IPF). IPF opens at runtime when a report having user-parameter is executed. · SQL Designer: When the report being developed gets data from an SQL source, use this menu option to get SQL Editor dialog box. Setup SQL related details on this dialog box. · Scripting: Use this option to open Script Editor. · Formula Fields: Use this option to open Formula Fields dialog box. · Conditions: Use this option to open Conditions dialog box to design report conditions. · Report Properties: Opens Report Properties dialog box. · Field Properties: Opens Field Properties dialog box. · Options: Opens a dialog box to specify system and custom design. |
Server | · Upload Report: To upload a report to the report server. · Download Report: To download a report (.irl file) from the |
Kyvos Reporting report server. | |
Window | · Upload Report: To upload a report to the report server. · Download Report: To download a report (.irl file) from the |
Kyvos Reporting report server. · Tile Horizontally: Place all open reports one below other. · Tile Vertically: Place all open reports side by side. · Cascade: To place all open report over each other in cascading fashion. This way only the topmost report is visible. Title bar of all the report is visible. A title bar can be clicked to bring it to front. · Close All: To close all the report files. | |
Help | · Contents: To launch Online Help of |
Kyvos Reporting Studio. · About: To know about the version of the |
Kyvos Reporting Studio that you are using. |
Toolbars
Intellicus Desktop Kyvos Reporting Studio provides three types of toolbars (Standard, Format, and Toolbox) to work with. You can use the toolbar buttons as a shortcut for doing routine tasks. However, these options are also available in the menu.
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(New Report): To start work on a new report layout. A click on SQL will open a new SQL based report layout.
(Open Report): To open an existing report layout.
(Save Report): To save the open (active) report layout.
(Save Report As): To save the open report layout at a specific location with same or different name. If you are saving the open report layout for the first time, even if you click button, Save As dialog box will open.
(Upload): To upload the open report layout to the server with which Intellicus Kyvos Reporting Studio is connected.
(Download): To download a report layout from the server with which Intellicus Kyvos Reporting Studio is connected.
(Report Wizard): To open Report Wizard dialog box.
(Page Setup): To open Report Settings dialog box. On this dialog box, you can do page dimension, printer selection, grid settings and style related settings.
(Dashboard Page Setup): To set the page dimensions when the report will be used on a dashboard.
(Report Properties): To open Properties dialog box. On this dialog box you can Engine (server), summary information, Security etc. related settings.
(Field Properties): To open Field Properties dialog box. On this dialog box you can specify date type field’s Time Zone related property values.
(Cut): To cut the selected control(s).
(Copy): To copy the selected control(s).
(Paste): To paste the selected control(s) on the selected section.
(Delete): To delete the selected control(s).
(Undo): To undo actions taken on Report Layout form.
(Connection): To set the default connection with database.
(Parameters): To open parameter dialog box.
(Parameters Form Layout): To open Parameters Form Layout dialog box.
(SQL Designer): To open SQL Designer dialog box.
(Formula Fields): To place a summary function in group-footer section(s). Click the button to get options for all the summary function, followed by selecting a function from the options available.
(Scripting): To open Script Editor dialog box.
(Conditions): To open Conditions dialog box.
(Refresh Fields): To refresh the Fields window.
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