Link Report dialog

This dialog displays when you select A Report from the Link to drop-down list in the Master/Detail Report dialog. It helps you to link a specified field to a report. See the dialog.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Link to

Specifies the link target.

Select Report Set

Specifies the report set in which the linked report is.

Report

Specifies the linked report.

Component in Report

Specifies the component in the selected report to link this field to.

Condition tab

Specifies the link conditions between the primary report and the linked report.

Adds the selected field of the primary report to set up link between the primary report and the linked report.
Removes the selected field.
Field
Lists all the fields that are used in the link conditions between the primary report and the linked report.
- Fields(Primary)
  Lists the selected fields of the primary report.
- OP
  Specifies the operator to set up links between the primary report and linked report.
- Fields(LinkedReport)
  Lists the DBFields in the datasets of the linked report which are of the same data type as the selected fields in the primary report.

Parameters tab

This tab is available when the linked report uses parameters. It helps you to assign values to the parameters of the linked report automatically.

Parameters
Lists all parameters contained in the datasets of the linked report.
Value
Lists all the DBFields, formulas, summaries and parameters in the datasets of the primary report which are of the same data type as the parameters of the linked report.

Note: When creating links among several reports, you need to avoid link loop. That is to say, if you create links between three reports A, B, C, the link cannot be a loop as report A ->report B -> report C ->report A.

Pass style group information down to linked report

Specifies whether or not to apply the style group of the primary report to the linked report.

Target Frame

Specifies the window or frame in which to load the linked report.

<Server Setting>
Loads the linked report according to setting of the Pop Up New Window for Links option in the DHTML tab of the Profile dialog in JReport Enterprise Server.
Same Frame
Loads the linked report into the same frame as the primary report.
Whole Window
Loads the linked report into the full browser window.
New Window
Loads the linked report into a new window. This window is not named.
Parent Frame
Loads the linked report into the parent frame of the frame in which the primary report is.
Other Frame
Loads the linked report into some other specified frame. If the frame name does not exist, the linked report will be loaded into a new window.

Applies all changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the changes and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Note: When setting up a link relationship between a crosstab and another report, no matter what object you select in the crosstab as the trigger object, the Condition and Parameters tabs are disabled in the Link Report dialog, which means the crosstab and the specified report can simply be linked, without any conditions.

Link Report dialog

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