MicroStrategy Mobile Design and Administration Guide

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Designing Reports and Documents for a BlackBerry Mobile Design and Administration Guide
Best practices for designing Mobile-friendly
reports
When designing a report in MicroStrategy Desktop or MicroStrategy Web for
use on a BlackBerry, consider the following best practices for report and
document display on a mobile device:
• Limit the total number of attributes and metrics displayed on the report’s
rows and columns to six. This allows MicroStrategy Mobile users to view
as much data as possible at one time.
• Keep the report as focused as possible by providing only the report
objects essential for effective report analysis.
• If you want to place attributes on the columns of a grid report, you must
design the report in original layout data view, which disables certain
MicroStrategy Mobile features. Otherwise, any attributes on the columns
are automatically moved to the rows in MicroStrategy Mobile. For details
about the different data views, see Selecting a data view for a report or
document, page 111.
• If you want to place metrics on the rows of a grid report, you must design
the report in original layout data view, which disables certain
MicroStrategy Mobile features. Otherwise, any metrics on the rows are
automatically moved to the columns in MicroStrategy Mobile. For details
about the different data views, see Selecting a data view for a report or
document, page 111.
• Any report designed in tabular interactive data view with objects in its
page-by field will display the currently selected page-by data in
MicroStrategy Mobile, by default. The page-by field can be changed in
MicroStrategy Mobile. For more information about the different data
views, see Selecting a data view for a report or document, page 111.
• If the report is designed in original layout data view, changing objects in
the page-by field is disabled. For more information about the different
data views, see Selecting a data view for a report or document, page 111.
• Moving objects to and from the page-by field in MicroStrategy Mobile
may impact performance in the application, depending on the amount of
data in the report. As you design the report in MicroStrategy Desktop or
MicroStrategy Web, place several objects in the page-by field so users do
not have to move objects to and from the page-by field in MicroStrategy
Mobile.
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