In the Ad Hoc Editor, you can display the input controls defined in the Topic as visible to users. You can accept the controls’ default values or enter other values. The Ad Hoc Editor indicates that the view has input controls by displaying as active on the tool bar. Click this icon to select new values or to save values as the new defaults for this view. The following procedure steps through these tasks.
To add an input control to the view using a filter:
| 1. | Create a new filter, or use an existing one in the Filters panel. |
| 2. | In Filters, click |
The filter’s operator appears in a drop-down.
| 3. | Select an operator from the drop-down and enter the in the text box below the drop-down. |
The filter appears as an input control when the view is used to run the report.
| 4. | Place your cursor over , select Save Ad Hoc View as.... |
| 5. | Name the view, select a location, and click Save. |
| 6. | On the tool bar, click |
Only the input controls defined in the topic appear here. Again, if no input controls were defined in the topic, the button appears inactive. You can create a report and open it in the report viewer to see a filter listed as an input control.
To edit the values for a view’s input controls:
| 1. | On the tool bar, click |
A window listing the input controls defined in the Topic appears.
| The Parameterized Report Topic already includes three input controls, created when the report was uploaded: Country, RequestDate, and OrderId. |
| 2. | Select new values. For example, select USA from the Country drop-down. |
| 3. | To change default values of input controls, select the check box, Set these values as defaults when saving your view. |
The selected values become the default values when you save the view.
The Ad Hoc view shows USA data.
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