Report Services Document Analysis Guide - MicroStrategy

Glossary Report Services Document Analysis Guide
user community, containing reports, filters, metrics, and
functions.
2. An object containing the definition of a project, as defined
in (1). The project object is specified when requesting the
establishment of a session.
report instance A container for all objects and information needed and
produced during report execution including templates,
filters, prompt answers, generated SQL, report results, and so
on. It is the only object that is referenced when executing a
report, being passed from one special server to another as
execution progresses.
scheduling A MicroStrategy Intelligence Server feature that is used to
automate specific tasks.
selector A type of control in a document that allows a user to:
• Flip through the panels in a panel stack, to see different
predefined layers of data, or “pages”, in the same
document
• Display different attribute elements or metrics in a
Grid/Graph
widget A type of control that presents data in a visual and interactive
way; an interactive Flash-only graph that dynamically
updates when a new set of data is selected. Some types
include Gauge, Heat Map, and Stacked Area widgets.
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