[IFS/BR Report Mode Help Guide]

IFS Business Reporter Toolbars

There are two types of controls available in Report Mode acting as toolbars or placeholders for functionality/options relevant for the end/report user.

IFS Business Reporter Ribbon
Document Actions Related Options

Ribbon

Ribbon Option	Group	Icon	Description
Go to Design	Run		Navigates from Report Mode to Design Mode. Requires design user privileges
Run Report	Run		Runs the current report
Load Report	File		Opens the Load Report from Database dialog where the design of a specific report revision can be selected for load from the database
Order Report	File		Opens the Order Report dialog where a specific revision of a report can be selected for execution
Manage Archive	File		Opens the Manage BA Export Archive dialog box. Use this to modify reports that are saved in the archive when exporting a Microsoft Excel report.
Export	File		Opens the Export to Excel Report dialog box. Use it to save and/or email the report as a pure Excel report. The dialog can also be used to save the report in the BA Export Archive, preparing for later importing from the exported Excel report.
Import	File		Opens the Import From Excel Report dialog box that is used to import data values from a previously exported pure Excel report to the target Business Reporter report.
Writeback	Writeback		Performs modified write back by getting all modified cells, creating the transactions and then saving them to the database.
Writeback All Data	Writeback		Gets all writeback enabled cells, creates the transactions and sends them to the database. Requires that Allow Complete Writeback has been enabled in Design mode
Review Collected Data	Writeback		Selecting this option will lead to that all collected write back values will be presented in Writeback pane in Document Actions for manuall inspection and it will be up to the user to perform the write back by selecting the Save button.
Report Options	Design Info		Opens the Report Options dialog that can be used to find out the report options that applies for the current report.
Access Type	Design Info		Opens the Used Data Access Types dialog that shows the requested and the used data access type for each Information Source referenced by the report.
Document Actions	Settings		Will open or close the Document Actions pane
User Info/Login	Settings		Displays the current user. Clicking on the down-arrow will provide a link to the start page of the actual IFS Cloud instance and it is also possible to switch user by clicking on Re-Login
Settings	Settings		Opens the Settings dialog that diasplay current settings but also provides as possibility to refresh the translation cache. For more information please refer to the Technical Documentation.
About	Settings		Opens the About IFS Business Reporter dialog that provides information about current product version, component version and build date. A link to the about description in the IFS cloud documentation related to IFS Business Reporter is also available.
Help	Settings		Opens the End User help documentation in the IFS cloud documentation

Document Actions Related Options

Option	Sub Section	Icon	Description
Go to Design			Navigates from Report Mode to Design Mode. Requires design user privileges
Run			Runs the current report
Parameters			Displays used parameters and their values
Writeback			Opens up the Writeback sub section
Get Modified	Writeback		Gets all modified write back enabled cells and presents the corresponding transactions
Get All	Writeback		Gets all write back enabled cells and presents the corresponding transactions
Save	Writeback		Performs Writeback, i.e. sends write back related transactions to IFS Applications for further processing
Export	Writeback		Writes the collected write back related transactions to a CSV file
Debug			Opens the Debug Information section where current debug settings are displayed. Information about requests and response and detailed data set information will be available depending on design mode settings. Detailed information is related to the tabs Activity Log and Data Set Info that presents time elapsed for different activities and also how data sets are built and grouped. There is also a separate button named DataSet Info that displayes collected client data sets corresponding server data sets, available if the design mode option Display Dataset Info Before Executing has been selected.