I'm having an issue with active dashboards... I'm trying to create a Page Header that will be reflective of the values selected by the drop downs. I have put together an example using CAR.

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ENGINE INT CACHE SET ON

*-HOLD_SOURCE
-DEFAULTH &WF_SUMMARY='Summary';
-DEFAULTH &WF_TITLE='WebFOCUS Report';
TABLE FILE CAR
SUM CAR.BODY.RETAIL_COST
CAR.BODY.DEALER_COST
BY CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY
BY CAR.COMP.CAR
BY CAR.CARREC.MODEL
ON TABLE HOLD AS CARHOLD FORMAT ALPHA
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET SQUEEZE ON
ON TABLE SET EMPTYREPORT ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLENCODE ON
ON TABLE SET WEBVIEWTARG OFF
ON TABLE SET WEBVIEWER ON
ON TABLE SET CACHELINES 100
ON TABLE SET ASNAMES MIXED
ON TABLE SET HOLDATTRS ON
ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
INCLUDE=IBFS:/FILE/IBI_HTML_DIR/javaassist/intl/EN/ENIADefault_combine.sty,$
TYPE=REPORT, TITLETEXT=&WF_TITLE.QUOTEDSTRING, SUMMARY=&WF_SUMMARY.QUOTEDSTRING, PAGESIZE=E, HFREEZE=OFF, $
ENDSTYLE
END
-RUN


COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT AHTML
SECTION=Section_1, LAYOUT=ON, PAGESIZE=E, ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT, SHOW_GLOBALFILTER=OFF, ACTIVE_UNITS=PTS, PAGECOLOR=RGB(255 255 255), $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Page 1', TEXT='Page 1', LEFTMARGIN=0.25, RIGHTMARGIN=0.25, TOPMARGIN=0.25, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.25, $
COMPONENT=Table_2, COMPONENT-TYPE=REPORT, POSITION=(3.270833 3.302083), DIMENSION=(* *), ARREPORTSIZE=DIMENSION, METADATA='VERSION:1.0;WIDTH:4.0;HEIGHT:3.0;LEFT:3.270833;TOP:3.302083', $
OBJECT=combobox, NAME=ComboBox_1, ARDATA_REPORT=Table_2, ARDATA_COLUMN=CAR, ARFILTER_TARGET='Table_2,', ARFILTER_CONDITION=EQ, ARFILTER_PARENT=List_1, ARFILTER_SHOWALL=ON, POSITION=(4.6875 2.041666), DIMENSION=(1.041666 0.25), FONT=Trebuchet MS, SIZE=9, COLOR=RGB(66 70 73), $
OBJECT=list, NAME=List_1, ARDATA_REPORT=Table_2, ARDATA_COLUMN=COUNTRY, ARFILTER_TARGET='Table_2,', ARFILTER_CONDITION=EQ, ARFILTER_MULTIPLE=ON, ARFILTER_SHOWALL=ON, POSITION=(3.260416 2.03125), DIMENSION=(1.041666 1.041666), FONT=Trebuchet MS, SIZE=9, COLOR=RGB(66 70 73), $
END

SET COMPONENT=Table_2
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-DEFAULTH &WF_SUMMARY='Summary';
-DEFAULTH &WF_TITLE='WebFOCUS Report';
TABLE FILE CARHOLD
SUM CARHOLD.CARHOLD.RETAIL_COST
CARHOLD.CARHOLD.DEALER_COST
BY CARHOLD.CARHOLD.COUNTRY
BY CARHOLD.CARHOLD.CAR
BY CARHOLD.CARHOLD.MODEL
ON TABLE SUBHEAD
"&DATEtrM&DATED,&DATEYY "
HEADING
"<CAR"

ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET SQUEEZE ON
ON TABLE SET EMPTYREPORT ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET HTMLENCODE ON
ON TABLE SET WEBVIEWTARG OFF
ON TABLE SET WEBVIEWER ON
ON TABLE SET CACHELINES 100
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
INCLUDE=IBFS:/FILE/IBI_HTML_DIR/javaassist/intl/EN/ENIADefault_combine.sty,$
TYPE=REPORT, TITLETEXT='Report1', SUMMARY=&WF_SUMMARY.QUOTEDSTRING, PAGESIZE=E, ARGRAPHENGINE=JSCHART, $
TYPE=TABHEADING, LINE=1, JUSTIFY=CENTER, $
TYPE=TABHEADING, LINE=1, ITEM=1, OBJECT=TEXT, SIZE=14, STYLE=BOLD+ITALIC, $
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, JUSTIFY=CENTER, $
TYPE=HEADING, LINE=1, ITEM=1, OBJECT=FIELD, SIZE=12, STYLE=BOLD, $
ENDSTYLE
END

COMPOUND END

So if I were to select Italy, I would expect the header to reflect either Alfa Romeo or Maserati. How do people handle this with Active Dashboards today?

Thanks

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Emily McAllister>,

I've never created an Active Dashboard, but it looks like your HEADING might have to be another report, masquerading as a heading - one row, one column, styled accordingly, positioned above the real report...

Might...

I've considered that.... That will be be the last resort... But you are correct... it might be what I need to do. Its a horrible solution though....

The Drop Downs are Active Report filters. They don't exist in the report so you're always getting the first value of CAR. Francis' solution is the only way to force a heading. It'll require a second report in the compound document which might not be very efficient.

But wouldn't having CAR in the heading of the report be redundant since the selected value is right above the report in the drop down anyway?

No, It wouldn't be redundant because in the actual scenario I'm doing a page break on Model or what ever. Which is also a problem with Active reports.

Of course this is why I never use active reports. Its just not designed well for my actual needs. I guess if you want to be business objects its good...