Hello,

I have an Active HTML Dashboard comprised of many separate AHTML reports that are coordinated together and bound by a common BY field that appears at the top of the dashboard in the form of a dropdown list.

My question is: Where do I specify the default value for this list? I'm assuming that

-DEFAULT &FIELDNAME = 'All';

is my solution, but I don't know whether to use that statement in the Active Dashboard fex or if I have to insert that statement into each component report that's on the dashboard.

Any thoughts as to where to use that statement, or another solution altogether, would be appreciated...thanks!


sleepy

Sleepy,

It depends upon how those components are actioned. If they are includes then one occurnece in the parent fex would satisfy. However, if they are called individually within an HTML page using javascript to change the SRC attribute of an IFRAME or something of that ilk, then your need is to place it within each fex individually.

T

Tony,

Thanks for the reply! I agree that since each report is referenced by the parent (Active Dashboard) fex with an '-INCLUDE' line, I should be able to just use one -DEFAULT statement in the parent fex. Unfortunately, I have to say that this approach as well as using that statement in each component report did not work.

Instead of specifying the value in the dropdown list on the Active Dashboard, it brought up the built-in IB parameter page (with 'All' as the parameter value) before displaying the dashboard. Once I clicked the Run button, the dashboard loaded but the outcome was the same as before...the dropdown list still defaulted to the first value instead of 'All'.

Here is a screenshot showing the outcome of adding the -DEFAULT &ACTIVITYDESC = 'All'; line to the parent fex:



and here is the code to the parent fex:

-* File oprevactivedashboard
-* Default Mode: ResourceLayout
SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT AHTML
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^0.5^0.5^0.5', MERGE=AUTO, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, PAGESIZE=A3,  $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Summary', text='Summary', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report1', TEXT='report1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.259 0.677), DIMENSION=(5.240 3.824), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0.259in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 5.24in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.677in; HEIGHT: 3.824in', $
COMPONENT='report2', TEXT='report2', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(5.722 0.677), DIMENSION=(5.240 3.824), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT: 5.722in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 5.24in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.677in; HEIGHT: 3.824in', $
COMPONENT='report3', TEXT='report3', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(11.115 0.656), DIMENSION=(5.091 3.838), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 11.115in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 5.091in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.656in; HEIGHT: 3.838in', $
COMPONENT='report4', TEXT='report4', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.238 4.604), DIMENSION=(15.968 3.957), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0.238in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 15.968in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 4.604in; HEIGHT: 3.957in', $
PAGELAYOUT=2, NAME='HelpDesk', text='HelpDesk', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report8', TEXT='report8', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.445 2.989), DIMENSION=(3.114 1.514), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0.445in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 3.114in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 2.989in; HEIGHT: 1.514in', $
COMPONENT='report7', TEXT='report7', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.459 1.284), DIMENSION=(3.114 1.514), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0.459in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 3.114in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1.284in; HEIGHT: 1.514in', $
COMPONENT='report10', TEXT='report10', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(4.427 1.260), DIMENSION=(5.370 1.563), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 4.427in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 5.37in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1.26in; HEIGHT: 1.563in', $
COMPONENT='report11', TEXT='report11', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(4.427 2.958), DIMENSION=(5.385 3.438), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 4.427in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 5.385in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 2.958in; HEIGHT: 3.438in', $
COMPONENT='report12', TEXT='report12', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(9.938 1.240), DIMENSION=(6.295 5.177), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 9.938in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 6.295in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1.24in; HEIGHT: 5.177in', $
OBJECT=STRING, NAME='text1', TEXT='All HelpDesk Calls:', POSITION=(8.510 0.667), MARKUP=OFF, WRAP=ON, DIMENSION=(2.313 0.292),  color=RGB(0 0 0), style=bold, size=18, METADATA='', $
OBJECT=STRING, NAME='text4', TEXT='Last 30 Days:', POSITION=(0.917 0.677), MARKUP=OFF, WRAP=ON, DIMENSION=(1.938 0.354),  color=RGB(0 0 0), style=bold, size=18, METADATA='', $
OBJECT=BOX, NAME='line2', POSITION=(3.969 0.281), DIMENSION=(0.094 7.031), BACKCOLOR=BLACK, BORDER-COLOR=BLACK, METADATA='FONT-SIZE: 1pt; Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 3.969in; WIDTH: 0.094in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.281in; HEIGHT: 7.031in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: black', $
PAGELAYOUT=3, NAME='Time Mgt', text='Time Mgt', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5,TOPMARGIN=0.5,LEFTMARGIN=0,RIGHTMARGIN=0,', $
COMPONENT='report9', TEXT='report7', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.302 2.646), DIMENSION=(3.874 4.171), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 103; LEFT: 0.302in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 3.874in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 2.646in; HEIGHT: 4.171in', $
COMPONENT='report13', TEXT='report13', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.281 0.740), DIMENSION=(3.885 1.445), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 0.281in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 3.885in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.74in; HEIGHT: 1.445in', $
COMPONENT='report14', TEXT='report14', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(4.729 0.740), DIMENSION=(4.913 4.061), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 4.729in; OVERFLOW: auto; WIDTH: 4.913in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.74in; HEIGHT: 4.061in', $
END
SET COMPONENT='report1'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE projects-hrstodatevsestgraph.fex
SET COMPONENT='report2'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE timemgt-hoursbycat-piegraph.fex
SET COMPONENT='report3'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE timemgt-hoursbytype-piegraph.fex
SET COMPONENT='report4'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-totalcalltrend.fex
SET COMPONENT='report8'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-totalcallscreated-last30days.fex
SET COMPONENT='report7'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-totalcallsclosed-last30days.fex
SET COMPONENT='report10'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-allactivecalls.fex
SET COMPONENT='report11'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-totalcalls-bycaller-sql.fex
SET COMPONENT='report12'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE helpdesk-allactivecalls-byapp.fex
SET COMPONENT='report9'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE timemgt-hoursbyapplication.fex
SET COMPONENT='report13'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE timemgt-totalhoursbyfunction.fex
SET COMPONENT='report14'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE timemgt-emptimebyfunction.fex
COMPOUND END

sleepy