Impressed, and Amazed!

Although there are many things in the compound layout functionality that don't do what I want it to, but...

I just created a 1900 page PDF document from a compound layout of about 5000 components (Over 6000 lines), and it worked.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Waz,

Yeah,

that works...

But I do miss some functionality.

Like:
A) Setting a parameters while referencing to a existing fex.

example:

TABLE FILE CAR
SUM SALES
BY &CUSTOMBY
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
END

I like to include this twice in one compound PDF.
Once with &CUSTOMBY = 'COUNTRY'
Once with &CUSTOMBY = 'COUNTRY BY CAR'

It would be really neat to reference to this fex and with a right-click set the parameters for this particular report within the compound.
( yeah it can be done in code, but that's so tricky in a compound pdf )
____________

B) Include compound in compound.
I have a fex that, with compound = open etc. has 3 reports.

This fex can not be included in a compound pdf again. ( in the gui )
Would be nice...
____________

C) Sectionbreaks ?
Sometimes a coordinated compound would be nice.
But usually I need:
1 titlepage
2 recap page
3 a piece with coordination
4 another piece with a different coordination
5 total graph
6 end page.

Would be nice be able to split this in 4 sections. 1+2, 3, 4, 5+6.

( this could also be achieved if you could compound other compounds :-) )
____________

It's not quite there yet. Although I've made some nice clean ready to give to the customers pdf's. But I needed a LOT of seperate fex to get this done.

Greets, D

Dave, just be creative. I've had 6 graphs on 1 page, DM works fine. Of course, I create 1 via the composer and then code the rest:

  
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-* Default Mode: ResourceLayout
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SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT &FMT
UNITS=IN, $
OBJECT=bookmarks ,$
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^0.5^0.5^0.5', MERGE=OFF, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, PAGESIZE=Letter,  $
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PAGELAYOUT=2, NAME='Page layout 2', text='Fordham College - Rose Hills', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
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PAGELAYOUT=3, NAME='Page layout 3', text='Fordham College - Lincoln Center', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
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COMPONENT='graph5',  TEXT='graph1',  TOC-LEVEL=0, POSITION=(0.224 3.586), DIMENSION=(4.169 2.417), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 3; LEFT: 0.624in; WIDTH: 4.171in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 4.581in; HEIGHT: 3.413in', $
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PAGELAYOUT=10,NAME='Page layout 5', text='Grad School of Social Science', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
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-*-SET &LOOP = 0;
-*-REPEAT DO_LOOP 2 TIMES
-*-SET &LOOP = &LOOP + 1;
-SET &CATG = 'FU';
-SET &FMT  = '&FMT.EVAL';

SET COMPONENT='report1'
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_report
SET COMPONENT='report2'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph1'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph2'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
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-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report3'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph3'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph4'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'CL';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report5'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph

-******************************************
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SET COMPONENT='report7'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph7'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph8'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'GA';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report9'
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SET COMPONENT='report10'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph9'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph10'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'GB';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report11'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph11'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph12'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
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-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report13'
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SET COMPONENT='report14'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph13'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
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-******************************************
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph15'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'GR';
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SET COMPONENT='report17'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph17'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
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-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report19'
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SET COMPONENT='report20'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph19'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph20'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'LS';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report21'
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_report
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph21'
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
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-******************************************
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-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph23'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_allyears_graph
SET COMPONENT='graph24'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'XX';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report25'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph25'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
-******************************************
-SET &CATG = 'AT';
-******************************************
SET COMPONENT='report26'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_report
SET COMPONENT='graph26'
-*component_type graph
-INCLUDE bi_adv_cash_cur_year_graph
COMPOUND END

Tom,

Ofcourse I had to over simplify the issue using a CAR sample..

But like I said:

quote:

( yeah it can be done in code, but that's so tricky in a compound pdf )

'Them people from IBI' urge us to use the GUI.
So to be able to do this in GUI would be nice.

Thanks.

Well the compound report I did, could only be done via code, its completely generated in the fex from the data.

I wonder is there is a size limit on the compound layout ?

I support the great functionality Waz mentioned, but would love to find some more documentation.

The drill through gives a lot of nice funtionality.

BTW I hope that nobody will print the 1900 pager of Waz..

Actually it will be printed, as its a set of statements to be mailed to investors.

FYI, there is a limit of 9999 components to a compound layout report.

It worked fine, until it hit the 10000 component, at which time it started to overwrite component 1000.

It also got slower and slower the further the generation got.

Back to the drawing board

Waz, with 9999 you are pushing what appears to be a reasonable limit...

Yes you are right, but at lease the limit is known, and if someone else does something as stupid, as what I've just tried, then the answer is here.

I'll try to remember this!

Waz,

With our 'other' BI-tool I used to generate a lot of PDF's with a loop.
Saved them all in a folder and used an external tool to combine these PDFs to one BIG PDF. Ready to be printed in one job. ( 5000+ pages! )
Thank someone it's no longer printed. They use the PDF's now.

Might be an idea.

You could even automate it. Any PDF landing in some folder get printed automatically.

just a thought...
Greets,D

for information the documented PDF limits are


Pages
10,000

Images
900

Hyperlinks per page
500

Total pages with hyperlinks
100

Total hyperlinks
44,500

Dave, that is what I am doing now, produce each statement separately, then combine them all.


JG, thats good info, I was aware of the 10K page limit, but not the others.