User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS INFOVIEW 6.5 FOR WINDOWS AND UNIX

[. . . ] InfoView User's Guide InfoView 6. 5 Windows and UNIX 2 InfoView User's Guide Copyright Copyright © 2004 Business Objects. If you find any problems with this documentation, please report them to Business Objects in writing at documentation@businessobjects. com. Trademarks Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Contains IBM Runtime Environment for AIX(R), Java(TM) 2 Technology Edition Runtime Modules (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2000. [. . . ] If the document was created in WebIntelligence or BusinessObjects, it may contain a user prompt. To open more than one window simultaneously to view more than one document, launch a second browser and log in for a second time. Viewing and Refreshing Documents InfoView User's Guide 97 Viewing WebIntelligence documents You can view WebIntelligence documents in the following formats: · HTML · HTML (Interactive) · PDF Viewing WebIntelligence documents in HTML format Depending on whether you want to simply view results or interact with the results you view, you can select one of two HTML options: · HTML ­ use if you simply want to navigate reports to view results, and refresh the report data to see the latest figures. The values displayed in the report tables and charts are static, but can be refreshed. · HTML (Interactive) ­ use if you want to filter or sort the values displayed in the reports, or perform drill analysis. When you rest your mouse pointer on a report value, a contextual menu appears with the sort and filter options and/ or the drill button: Drill button Filter and sort contextual menu This image shows the Drill button and the filter and sort contextual menu for an opened document. Viewing WebIntelligence documents 98 InfoView User's Guide NOTE The drill feature is available in both HTML (Interactive) and in static HTML. When you view WebIntelligence documents in HTML (Interactive) format, you can: · filter report values · sort report values · drill report values to analyze the related detail and summary data Available actions vary according to the graphical element being clicked and its content. For more information, refer to the Getting Started with WebIntelligence Guide. NOTE You need the appropriate security profile to use the filter, sort, and drill features. You can cancel the opening or refreshing of a WebIntelligence document by clicking Cancel. Viewing and Refreshing Documents InfoView User's Guide 99 Viewing WebIntelligence documents in PDF Viewing documents in PDF is useful if you want to print documents or if you want to send documents to business contacts who do not have access to WebIntelligence. NOTE To open files in PDF, you need Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can download this from http://www. adobe. com. Viewing WebIntelligence documents 100 InfoView User's Guide Viewing BusinessObjects documents You can view BusinessObjects documents either with BusinessObjects or in a browser with InfoView. The default format in which you view BusinessObjects documents depends on the browser and the operating system you use. For more information, refer to Specifying your document viewing format on page 76. There are four document formats to choose from: · HTML format · PDF format · Enhanced document format · BusinessObjects (for Windows only) Choosing a view format The default format in which you view BusinessObjects documents depends on the browser and the operating system you use. If you want to be able to view BusinessObjects documents as they appear in BusinessObjects, but do not have access to BusinessObjects yourself, you can choose either Enhanced document format or PDF format. Alternatively you can also choose to view BusinessObjects documents in standard HTML format. Viewing and Refreshing Documents InfoView User's Guide 101 Viewing BusinessObjects document in HTML format When you open a BusinessObjects document in standard HTML format, the BusinessObjects tabs are converted into hyperlink text, and appear at the bottom of the screen. However, some browsers have printing restrictions that affect HTML--which means that when you print the document, you may find certain document elements missing from the printout. When you open a BusinessObjects document in HTML format it looks like this: This image shows a properly formatted BusinessObjects document in HTML format. The values displayed in the report tables and charts are static. Viewing documents in HTML format is useful if you simply want to navigate reports on screen to view results, and refresh the report data to see the latest figures. Viewing BusinessObjects documents 102 InfoView User's Guide Viewing Businessobjects documents in PDF format You must have Adobe Reader installed on your machine in order to view PDF documents in InfoView. When you open a BusinessObjects document in PDF format, Adobe Reader automatically launches and appears in the page contents area of your InfoView page. To view another report, click on the report titles that appear below the document as hyperlinks. If the BusinessObjects report contains multiple sections, these appear below the report title in the Bookmarks pane. When you open a BusinessObjects document in PDF format it looks like this: This image shows a properly formatted BusinessObjects document in PDF format. Viewing documents in PDF format is useful if you want to print documents, or if you want to send documents to business contacts who do not have access to BusinessObjects. Viewing and Refreshing Documents InfoView User's Guide 103 Viewing BusinessObjects documents in enhanced document format The enhanced document viewer The Active X document viewer lets you view BusinessObjects documents as they appear in BusinessObjects. You can navigate through the document by sections, and zoom into the document. [. . . ] · Application Foundation Installation Guide This guide will help you install Application Foundation for deployment with InfoView. It is typically for system administrators who will be able to understand the technical aspects of Application Foundation. Using Dashboards Keyboard Shortcuts for Accessibility appendix 184 InfoView User's Guide Overview This appendix describes the accessibility features for InfoView. It also explains the keyboard access shortcuts, using the tab key or a combination of keys, to navigate through InfoView. This appendix contains shortcuts for use with InfoView as well as for using JAWS or Adobe Reader with InfoView. [. . . ]