Creating Documents      Back to Previous

 

A document is a collection of data from one ore more reports formatted as one representation with additional interactive functionality. Vector Securities provides options to create a document from scratch or based on one of the predefined templates. When creating a document, you must define the following:

·        Dataset - you may define one or more datasets that are used to populate the document

·        Document Layout - you may define one or more data layouts to present the underlying data

When creating a document, you must have at least one dataset and one layout to present when the document is executed.

The following is a view of the design mode for a blank document using a template (this template has one heading and two data panels).

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Document Setup Menu

This menu provides access to each of the options required to define a document. There are options to save the document, modify your view of the document and add data objects (e.g., textbox) to the document layout.

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Document Editor

This panel provides access view and define the datasets linked to the document, display the structure of the document in a tree view and review related reports that are in the same folder as the document.

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Document Layout Panel

This panel provides access to view each layout defined for the document. A document may have one or more layouts.

Each layout has its own:

A.png Data Grouping setup

B.png Content Sections

The content sections in the example (e.g., Page, Document and Detail headers and footers) are available in a document template. A dashboard template employs a slightly different layout paradigm as it has content sections.