Dashboard Development Objects

text = "Customer list for " + parameter.state; 

The report creation request parameters are stored in a JavaScript object, 'request'. The parameters can be accessed as properties in the object.

 if(request.chartType == 'BAR') {
    Graph1.separatedStyle = Chart.CHART_BAR;
 } 

The request parameter values are read-only. Modifying the parameter values has no effect on the report creation process.

ReportSheet Object

All scripts in a report can access the Java ReportSheet object as a top-level object: 'reportsheet'. All public methods in ReportSheet class are available.

Style Intelligence Global Object

Style Intelligence scripts can access a set of functions only available in the server environment. The functions are generally used in onClick Handler scripts to create report viewer commands. In the Script Editor 'Functions' tree, these are listed under 'StyleReportEE/Global'.

Replet Object

In the Report Portal, a report script can access its own instance of BasicReplet. This allows a script to add interactive features to the report without implementing onClick Handler. You can access the replet object with the global JavaScript property 'replet'.

ParentReport Object

The nested scope of the bean and sub-report scripting environment results in any variable or element in a bean or a sub-report hiding the objects with same names in the parent report. However, such objects in the parent report can be accessed using the 'parentReport' object. For example, say that a bean has a text element whose id is set to 'Title' and its parent report also has a text element with the id equal to 'Title'. The 'Title' text element in the parent report can be accessed using parent

 Report.Title, or
 parentReport['Title'].

RepletParameters Object

A RepletParameters object contains the replet parameter definitions. It is accessed through replet.parameters.create, and can be used to add or modify replet parameter definitions.

The replet.parameters.create.parameter array is available as a global property called parameter. Here is a list of system parameters that are available in the global parameter array:

Parameter Name	PURPOSE
_USER_	The string containing the user id.
_ROLES_	An array containing the role names. This can be used with the 'one-of' condition operator.
__principal__	Retrieves the SRPrincipal object in both report script and VPM triggers. Works in scheduled reports too.
__service_request__	Gets the HttpServiceRequest, only valid in a report script when run live by a user.
Replet.RunType	Returns the context of this report: live, pregenerated, or archive (if the SRO is re-executed due to ad hoc changes)
Dashboard.Replet	Returns true if run as a portlet in a dashboard live, false if outside of a dashboard or pregenerated.

PDF Security Provider Subsets

This is the subset required to be set into the report onLoad script when used in conjunction with an appropriate PDF security provider, and accessed through the docInfo object.

The following properties are available:

• pdf.password.owner – password entered in Adobe for document that provides owner access to document

• pdf.password.user – password entered in Adobe for document that provides user access to document; must have to use any security property

• pdf.permission.add[true/false] – provides the ability to add/modify; maps to Commenting

• pdf.permission.change[true/false] – provides the ability to change anything; maps to Changing the Document and Document Assembly

• pdf.permission.copy[true/false] – provides the ability to copy; maps to Content Copying or Extraction and Content Extraction for Accessibility

• pdf.permission.print[true/false] – provides the ability to print; maps to Printing

To use these security features, you must have an implementation of the Java Cryptography Extension 1.2.2 on your classpath. Sun provides a default implementation with the JRE. To use this, add the {JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/security folder to your classpath.

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