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Creating a report configuration

In this lesson, you create a configuration to generate and list data model information.
Now that you have designed the report, you will create a report configuration to use when the application developers create their reports. When users run the report configuration, the data model information is listed in a web browser.

To create a report configuration:

  1. Select the report and create the configuration:
    1. Open the Navigator view.
    2. Right-click the myTest.rptdesign file and click Report As > Report Configurations. The Report Configurations window opens.
    3. Complete the Report Configuration wizard as described in the following table:
      Field Setting
      Name Type MyTestReport.
      Report
      1. Select Location.
      2. Click the Workspace button. The Select Report window opens.
      3. In the Select Report window, expand the IDA-Report folder and select myTest.rptdesign. Click OK to add the report design to the configuration.
    4. Click Apply to save the report configuration, then click Close.
    You created a report configuration named MyTestReport that runs the myTest.rptdesign report design and lists the report in a web browser.
    Note: In the future, you can modify the report configuration by right-clicking the report design in the Navigator view and selecting Report As > Report Configurations.
  2. Switch to the Data perspective.
    1. From the main menu, click Window > Open Perspective > Other. The Open Perspective window opens.
    2. Select Data from the list of options.
  3. From the main menu, click Run > Report > MyTestReport. The browser window opens and shows the report.
Your report design and configuration are ready.
Application developers can use this report design and configuration to determine the most useful columns and tables in the database.

You can further refine this report to include other schemas that you model in the future by following the steps that you learned in this tutorial.

You can also use this report with other physical data models. You can change the physical data model that is defined as the data source for this report template and run the report. The report lists the information for the data model that you defined as the data source.

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