● Page Number:

Shows the page number.

● Row Number:

Displays the row no.

● Layout Component Reference:
● Metric Studio Diagram:
● Table of Contents:

● A table of contents is useful for reports that include sectioned items, grouped items,
or multiple pages in the layout. The report output indicates page numbers and
allows for easy navigation.

● Table of contents entries are logical markers placed anywhere in a report. For
example, you can place entries at the top of a page or in a list group header to mark
each grouped data value. Although table of contents entries are visible in Report
Studio, they cannot be seen when a report is run.

● A table of contents works only for reports produced in PDF and non-interactive HTML
format.

● In HTML format, they work best when viewing saved report outputs, as the entire
report appears in a single HTML page. When reports are run interactively, more than
one HTML page may be generated, and a table of contents works only if the target
exists in the page currently being viewed

● Drag the Table of Contents object to the location you want, which can be anywhere
in the report a table of contents placeholder appears.

● Table of Contents Entry:

● You must first create a table of contents before adding entries in the report. All
entries must be inserted after the table of contents in the report
layout

● Bookmark:

Bottom (this is a text item in which drill through properties needs to be inserted)

The list report

This is the bookmark where the user will reach when he clicks on Bottom

● Text Box Prompt:

Retrieves data based on a value that you type. Use this control when users know exactly
what value they want to enter, such as a name or account number.
 ● Value Prompt:

Retrieves data based on values that you select from a list. Use this control to show the list
of possible values from which users can choose.
Note: The maximum number of items that can appear in a list is 5000.
● Select & Search Prompt:

Use this control instead of a value prompt if the list of values is very long, which can slow
down performance.
Tip: Users have the option of performing a case sensitive or case insensitive search. A case
sensitive search is faster, while a case sensitive search usually returns more values(in the
properties pane there is one option called “case insensitive”)

There are four search conditions:

● Starts with any of these keywords
● Starts with the first keyword and contains all of the remaining keywords
● Contains any of these keywords
● Contains all of these keywords

● Date & Time Prompt:

Retrieves data based on a date and time that you select.

Use this control when you are filtering a datetime or timestamp column. This control is
useful for specifying ranges. For example, you can retrieve all orders received from
Monday at 12:00 a.m. to Friday at 5:00 p.m (in the properties pane select the “Range”
option as ‘yes’)

Options like “earliest date” and “latest date” also appear when you run the report.
In properties pane “Hide Adornments” option is there make it ‘yes’ if you want to
remove * on req. prompts and -> on type in prompts.

● Date Prompt:

Use this control when you are filtering a date column. With this control, users can retrieve
data for a specific day, a set of days, or a range of days.
● Time Prompt:

Use this control to restrict a report to a particular time or time range. For example, you
can use this control to see how many orders are received after business hours. You can then use
this information to
determine the number of staff needed to work after hours.

In the properties pane there are options like “Display seconds”, “Display milliseconds”
and “clock mode” (specifies whether the arms of the clock move)as live and static.

● Interval Prompt:

Retrieves data based on a time interval that you specify. Use this control to retrieve data
that is related to the passage of time. For example, you can use this control to retrieve a list of
products that were returned 30 or more days after they were purchased.

By default it asks for Days, Hours and Minutes

● Tree Prompt:
 Retrieves data based on values you select from a list. Values are organized hierarchically.
This control is useful when you are working with dimensional data sources. Data is shown from
the top of a dimension hierarchy to the most detailed member, and users can choose the level of
detail they want to view in the report.
● Generated Prompt:

Selects a prompt control based on the data type of the data item. This control acts like a
placeholder. When you run the report, the control is replaced by the appropriate prompt control.
For example, if you are prompting date values, the control is replaced by a date & time prompt.
● Prompt Button:

Specify What Appears for a Data Container that

Contains No
Data
You can specify what appears for a data container when there is no data available. For example,
you can have text appear that states that there is no data available for a list object in a report.
This
can be done for lists, crosstabs, charts, maps, repeaters, repeater tables, and table of contents
objects.
Steps
1. Click a data container.
2. In the Properties pane, click the select ancestor button and click the data container type.
For example, if the data container is a list, click List.
3. Set the No Data Contents property to Yes.
Two tabs appear at the top of the data container.
4. Click the no data contents tab there you have a no data handler .
5. In the Insertable Objects pane, on the Toolbox tab, insert the objects that you want to
appear
when there is no data available

Report Studio provides several ways to create prompts. You can

● define prompts using context filters
● use the Build Prompt Page tool
● build your own prompt and prompt page
● create a parameter to produce a prompt
● insert prompts directly into the report page

Context filter

● When working with dimensional data, you can use context filters, also known as slicer
filters, to quickly focus your report on a particular view of the data.

● For example, you create a crosstab with accounts in the rows, years in the columns, and
expenses as the measure. To change the context to Asia, you drag Asia from the source
 tree to the Context filter section of the overview area. The crosstab then shows only the
values for Asia. Changing context changes the values that appear. It does not limit or
change the items in the rows or columns

● The data items that are used as the context filter appear in the report header when you run
the report.
.
● You can create multiple context filters or slicers if you want to filter across two or more
dimensions You cannot create multiple context filters against the same dimension.
● If you want to use a calculation or expression to define a slicer, create a slicer member set
using the
query explorer. A slicer member set is an expression that returns a set of members from
the same
dimension. For example, you can define a slicer member set that filters for the top 5
products with
the greatest revenue.

● Slicer filters are different from other filters. When you filter data, members that do not meet
the filter criteria are removed from the report. A slicer does not remove members from a
report. Instead, their values are removed, and you see blank cells. For example, if you have
a crosstab with Years and Quarters as rows and Revenue as columns and you define a slicer
member set that consists of the first two quarters in 2006, you get the following result

When you do generate sql/mdx while working with the cubes then MDX is generated.
Below given is a sample MDX(multidimensional expression) code:

SELECT {[Gender]..[@MEMBER].[1]} DIMENSION PROPERTIES PARENT_LEVEL,

CHILDREN_CARDINALITY ON AXIS(0) FROM [HI ACSC Cube]