Seagate Info™ 7.5 Desktop User's Guide

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HANDS-ON (Objects) ............................................................................. 27 How to add a report to a folder ..................................................................... 27 How to add a query to a folder ..................................................................... 28 How to add a program to a folder ................................................................. 29 How to add a report package ........................................................................ 31 How to create a Table of Contents report ...................................................... 33 How to create an Open Cube ....................................................................... 34 How to import cubes from other computers .................................................. 36 How to import cubes produced in Seagate Holos ......................................... 39 How to run a Holos application from the Info Desktop ................................. 41 How to remove an object from the Info Desktop .......................................... 43 HANDS-ON (Object Properties) ............................................................. 43 How to modify object properties .................................................................. 43 Chapter 4 - Scheduling Info Objects Overview - Scheduling ............................................................................ 50 HANDS-ON (Scheduling) ........................................................................ 54 How to schedule an object for immediate processing ................................... 54 How to specify an output format for an object .............................................. 55 How to specify an output destination ............................................................ 56 How to schedule an object to process at a specific date/time ........................ 57 How to schedule an object for recurring processing ..................................... 60 How to choose a specific Info Server for processing ..................................... 62 How to choose Info Server classes/groups for processing .............................. 63 How to set the scheduling restrictions for an object ...................................... 64 How to send notification that an instance has succeeded/failed .................... 66 How to notify the Event Log if an instance succeeds/fails .............................. 68 How to schedule a report generated from a text file ...................................... 69 How to schedule reports using a calendar .................................................... 69 How to set object dependencies ................................................................... 70 How to trigger an event to be set/reset .......................................................... 74 How to schedule an object dependent on an event being set ........................ 76 How to hold a scheduled instance ................................................................ 77 How to release an on hold instance .............................................................. 78 How to stop a scheduled instance ................................................................ 79 How to delete an instance ............................................................................ 79 How to set object limits ................................................................................ 80 ii
How to modify a prompting variable ............................................................ 81 How to modify a selection formula ............................................................... 82 How to test database connectivity before processing .................................... 83 How to push a report to an Info Channel ...................................................... 84 How to view the output from a report/query ................................................. 86 How to schedule a report package ................................................................ 87 How to view a report package instance ........................................................ 88 Chapter 5 - Viewing Info Objects in the Worksheet Overview - Info Worksheet ..................................................................... 90 How do I start the Info Worksheet? ............................................................... 90 Example: Which product has made the most profit this year? ........................ 91 The Info Worksheet window ......................................................................... 95 Menu Commands .................................................................................. 100 File Menu commands ................................................................................. 100 Edit Menu commands ................................................................................. 101 View Menu commands ............................................................................... 101 Format Menu .............................................................................................. 102 Data Menu commands ................................................................................ 103 Tools Menu commands ............................................................................... 103 Window Menu commands .......................................................................... 104 Help Menu commands ............................................................................... 104 The Info Worksheet Toolbar ........................................................................ 105 Shortcut menus ........................................................................................... 105 How to open the Info Worksheet ................................................................ 108 How to save a view of the Info Worksheet .................................................. 108 How to open a different view ...................................................................... 108 How to resize columns ............................................................................... 109 How to show or hide extra tooltips ............................................................. 112 How to show or hide Field Selector buttons ................................................ 112 How to show or hide field information ....................................................... 113 How to show or hide the Info Worksheet grid ............................................. 114 How to show row and column totals .......................................................... 114 Re-orienting the Info Worksheet ........................................................... 121 How to re-orient the Info Worksheet ........................................................... 122 iii
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Page 3: C O N T E N T S Chapter 1 - Introdu
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Page 9 and 10: HANDS-ON (WebAccess Desktops) .....
Page 11 and 12: 1 Introduction What you will find i
Page 13 and 14: Most importantly, the Info Desktop
Page 15 and 16: Info Desktop for Outlook Info Works
Page 17 and 18: 2 Getting to know the Info Desktop
Page 19 and 20: File Menu commands Edit Menu comman
Page 21 and 22: Folder Tree Opens the Info Report D
Page 23 and 24: Stopped The scheduled object has be
Page 25 and 26: When working offline with an offlin
Page 27 and 28: Deleting an Info APS/APS Cluster 1
Page 29 and 30: 8 Highlight the new offline store o
Page 31 and 32: 3 Adding Info Objects What you will
Page 33 and 34: HANDS-ON (Folders) How to add a fol
Page 35 and 36: The Folder Properties dialog box ap
Page 37 and 38: HANDS-ON (Objects) How to add a rep
Page 39 and 40: 5 Enter the title of the query obje
Page 41 and 42: How to add a report package A repor
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Page 45 and 46: The Connect To Server dialog box ap
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Page 51 and 52: There are six files, the main Cube
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The Channel Tab The Channel Tab all
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The Limits Tab The Limits Tab allow
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4 Scheduling Info Objects What you
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Info Tab Use the Info Tab to specif
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Prompts Tab The Prompts Tab appears
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How to specify an output format for
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If you chose Lotus Notes, you can s
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8 Use these edit boxes to specify t
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7 Select the option you want the pr
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NOTE: When the Select option button
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NOTE: The appearance of the Object
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2 Toggle the E-mail check box on in
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How to schedule a report generated
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Scheduling an object with dependenc
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The Dependency Type dialog box allo
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7 Toggle this check box on and clic
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6 Highlight the event on this list.
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How to stop a scheduled instance Ho
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How to modify a prompting variable
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How to test database connectivity b
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The Configure CInfo Channel dialog
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How to schedule a report package Yo
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5 Viewing Info Objects in the Works
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The regions are listed here as row
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4 Use the Field Selector to highlig
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The Info Worksheet window General a
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When dimensions are displayed like
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Here is an example of drilling-down
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Export To Excel/ Lotus Use the EXPO
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Data Menu commands The Data Menu co
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The Info Worksheet Toolbar Shortcut
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Specify or remove a sort. Specify o
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4 Highlight a view and the instance
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Click and drag to select consecutiv
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2 Toggle Field Selector Buttons on
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Displaying the row and column total
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Displaying a different top-level to
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The Info Worksheet is then redrawn
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Re-orienting the Info Worksheet Mov
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2 When the cursor changes to this s
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Search field. Here is an example of
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Special Selections The six buttons
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. This is the current selection. 3
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Changing the available paged fields
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1 Right-click on the field which th
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MIN (startfield:endfield) gives the
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Formatting the display using attrib
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Three ranges are created automatica
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How to set color attributes for the
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How to define a new condition 3 Hig
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How to manage two conditions that r
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1 Click on the Value
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2 Type the lower and upper conditio
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The Attribute Editor appears. 4 Cli
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The calculation shows the percentag
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cube, only on its representation wh
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Each chart can be fully customized
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How to show data in a chart You can
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How to show a chart in a different
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How to set a chart back to the defa
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Loading a chart template 4 Click th
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Hiding tick labels As you can see f
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How to customize chart titles and l
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2 Click the Text Tab. 3 Type the ap
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How to drill up and down hierarchie
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Performing multi-level sorts For an
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How to sort on a dimension To sort
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Some of the Budget values are the s
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Reorienting the display If you spec
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By default, the exclude is performe
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2 Select whether to exclude rows or
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The filter indicated above would se
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These values satisfy both condition
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Exporting data from the Info Worksh
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Performing the copy and paste To us
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How to set the printing options and
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Title when a Title is specified, it
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How do I start the Info Worksheet f
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Click-drag products over to region
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First, use the Field Selector to ch
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Info Worksheet Terminology Cubes st
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This symbol shows there are more fi
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Menu Bar File Menu Commands The Men
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How to open the Info Worksheet for
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NOTE: You can only resize columns f
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How to show or hide dimension butto
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1 Click-drag next to the Field Sele
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The display now looks like this: Se
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These buttons are grayed if the dim
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2 Highlight the fields you want fro
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Formatting the display The Select S
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Add and remove ranges and set their
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It may be the case that two conditi
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Only the selected rows and columns
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How to delete a range Any condition
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In this case, the formatting for
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Charting You can display the Worksh
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How to show data in a chart You can
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How to show your chart in a differe
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How to customize the chart titles Y
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In this example, the bars in the ch
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Changing the positions of the axis
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Hiding axis labels 2 Uncheck this o
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2 Check this option and type in a v
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Each field value is now shown on th
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Customizing the chart legend 2 Chec
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Performing multi-level sorts Whenas
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The products are now sorted into as
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To remove all specified sorts You c
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Here is the exclude symbol. Only re
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6 Integrated Desktops What you will
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Info Desktop for HTML Info Desktop
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Job Information Tabs In the right f
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Stops a scheduled job from running.
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Info Desktop for HTML Open your web
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How to schedule an object for immed
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How to schedule an object for recur
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How to specify an output destinatio
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Info Desktop for Java How to hold a
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How to delete a report instance How
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How to view the properties of an in
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View Window Use the View Window sec
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Refresh Use the Refresh option in t
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If you have not yet subscribed to y
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The Info Channel main page appears.
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3 In the Use Folder Named text box,
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How to navigate the Info Desktop fo
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7 Info Viewers What you will find i
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Info Viewer for ActiveX (WebAccess)
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Info Viewer for HTML (WebAccess) Th
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Info Viewer (Info Desktop) The Info
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8 Prompting Variable Pick Lists Wha
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1 Open any text editor. 2 Type the
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3 Click the Prompts Tab. 4 Highligh
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I N D E X Symbols % of Column Total
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display changing Info Worksheet for
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Job Information list box ....... 12
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scheduling for immediate processing
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seamless object creation ..........
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W WebAccess customizing the desktop
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