HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

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preview them. When you return to Results View, Web Intelligence requests the server to

apply the changes and returns the modified format in a single operation.

You can create and format tables in either Structure View or Results View. If you have

several modifications to make, however, we recommend you make the modifications in

Structure View.

Adding tables to reports

You can insert one or multiple tables on a report. You insert tables by dragging one of the

following onto a blank area of the report:

• the objects, for which you want the table to display values – this is a fast way to build

simple, vertical tables

• a table template that defines the structure of the table, to which you then allocate

objects – this is a fast way to build more complex tables with precision

Results View displays

the results retrieved

from the data source

and how the report will

Structure View

displays the

structure of the

report, and the

definition of the

data, filters, sorts

and calculations