Report Management Panel

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Functions

All reports designed through FineReport 11.0 are saved by default in the reportlets folder under the%FR_HOME%/webapps/webroot/WEB-INF directoryand are displayed in the report management panel.

In the report management panel, you can refresh the reportlets folder, collapse all, create folders, remove folders, and open the location of a selected folder. You can also rename, remove, search, and locate completed templates and manage their versions.

Notes

You cannot rename, remove, move, copy, or paste locked files or folders without permissions.

Select a folder or template, click New Folder, name it, and click OK to create a folder.

The rules for creating a file or folder are as follows:

·       If you create a folder for a selected template, you create a folder at the same level.

·       If you create a folder for a selected folder, you create a folder under the selected folder.

·       If you create a file for a selected folder, you create a template file under the selected folder.

Removing a Template

Select the template to be removed and click the Remove icon. In the pop-up window displaying the "Delete the selected file?" message, lick Yes to delete the template.

Removing a Folder

Select the folder to be removed and click the Remove icon. In the pop-up window displaying the "Deleting a selected folder will also delete the templates it contains. Continue?" message,  click Yes to delete the folder and the templates it contains.

Select a file or folder, click the Open Its Folder icon to open the folder where the file or subfolder is stored in.

Select the folder or template to be renamed, click the Rename icon, enter the new name in the input box, and click OK to rename it.

Currently, the names of files and folders cannot contain special characters (including \ / : * ? " < > |). If the name of a file or folder contains special characters, an error message pops up.

1. In the file directory tree, you can quickly locate the currently opened template file. For example, open a template named Cross and click the Select Current Template icon. Then you can see this template located in the Report Design folder in the report management panel.

2. Right-click the template name tab. Then a prompt box pops up.

·       Close All Left Templates: Click it to close all templates on the left of this template.

·       Close All Right Templates: Click it to close all templates on the right of this template.

·       Close All Templates: Click it to close all opened templates on the interface.

·       Close Other Templates: Click it to close all templates except this template.

·       Locate It in Left Template Tree: Click it to quickly locate the template in the left report management panel.

3. Select a template or folder in the report management panel and right-click it. Then a prompt box pops up.

·       Rename: Rename a file or folder.

·       Copy: Copy a file or folder.

·       Paste: Paste the copied file or folder at the specified location. If the copied file is deleted, a message indicating that the source file does not exist is displayed after you click Paste.

·       Remove: Remove the selected file or folder.

·       Move: Move the selected file or folder to the specified folder.

Click the Collapse All icon to quickly collapse all folders in the report management panel. 

Click the Search icon to search for templates with required names in the reportlets folder.