Reporting Tool Custom Variables

These variables are available in Cloud Installations, or on-premise installations with the Advanced Reporting option. The custom variables in this section enable you to change the default settings of the reporting tool included with the advanced reporting option.

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The reporting tool has several Boolean variables that determine whether reports can be exported to specific file formats. All of these variables have similar names, and are all listed below, along with their default values.

Export Variables

VARIABLE NAME

EXPORT FILE FORMAT

DEFAULT VALUE

fReportShowExportToBmp

Bitmap Image

False

fReportShowExportToCsv

Comma-separated Text

True

fReportShowExportToDbf

dBase

False

fReportShowExportToDif

Data Interchange Format

False

fReportShowExportToDocument

Word 2010 and higher

False

fReportShowExportToExcel

Excel 2010 and higher

False

fReportShowExportToExcel2007

Excel 2007

True

fReportShowExportToExcelXml

Excel XML

False

fReportShowExportToGif

GIF Image

False

fReportShowExportToHtml

HTML

True

fReportShowExportToJpeg

JPEG Image

False

fReportShowExportToMetafile

Enhanced Metafile

False

fReportShowExportToMht

MHTML Archive

True

fReportShowExportToOpenDocumentCalc

Open Document Format for LibreOffice Calc

False

fReportShowExportToOpenDocumentWriter

Open Document Format for LibreOffice Writer

False

fReportShowExportToPcx

PCX Image

False

fReportShowExportToPdf

Adobe PDF

True

fReportShowExportToPng

PNG Image

True

fReportShowExportToPpt

PowerPoint

True

fReportShowExportToRtf

Rich text File

True

fReportShowExportToSvg

Scalable Vector Graphics

False

fReportShowExportToSvgz

Compressed Scalable Vector graphics

False

fReportShowExportToSylk

Symbolic Link (Microsoft)

False

fReportShowExportToText

Text

True

fReportShowExportToTiff

TIFF Image

True

fReportShowExportToWord2007

Word 2007

True

fReportShowExportToXml

XML

True

fReportShowExportToXps

Open XML

False
Example

public override void SetSystemVars(BPLogix.WorkflowDirector.SDK.bp bp)
{
    // Do not show export to BMP option
    bp.Vars.fReportShowExportToBmp = false;
}

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This string variable contains the base URL for the production server for which rendering operations will be performed, and should be configured only on a licensed Rendering Server.

Example

public override void SetSystemVars(BPLogix.WorkflowDirector.SDK.bp bp)
{
    //Base Server URL
    bp.Vars.BaseURLFromRenderingServer = "http://productionserver.com";
}

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This string variable contains the URL for a licensed Rendering Server, and should be configured only on the production server.

Example

public override void SetSystemVars(BPLogix.WorkflowDirector.SDK.bp bp)
{
    //Rendering Server URL
    bp.Vars.ReportRemoteURL = "http://renderingserver.com";
}

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This string variable contains the URL for the report viewer interface, if you wish to exercise the option to use a different URL for the report interface.

Example

public override void SetSystemVars(BPLogix.WorkflowDirector.SDK.bp bp)
{
    //Report Server URL
    bp.Vars.sReportInterfaceURL = "http://servername.com/reports.aspx";
}