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If you are working in the OLAP Selections pane, you can save your report by using the Save button on the toolbar. You can also access other saving options in the OCP by selecting the Options button.
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Click
the Save button in the OLAP Selections Pane.
The following image shows the OLAP Selections Pane containing five buttons, OLAP, Run, Reset, Save, and Help.
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Click the Options button in the OLAP Control Panel (OCP).
The following image shows the OLAP Control Panel where the Options button appears at the bottom of the panel.
You are now presented with several saving options.
The following image shows the Options menu containing five options, Save the data in an Excel file, Save the data in an Excel 2000 file, Save the data in an Excel 2000 file with formulas, Display as a PDF Report, and Save Report.
- Click Save Report to open a new dialog box as shown in the following image.
- Click My Reports and then Custom Reports to enable the New Folder icon in the upper right corner as shown in the following image.
- A pop-up prompts you to create a new folder, for example, a subfolder called OLAP Reports as shown in the following image.
- Name your report in the Save As box and click OK to return to your report.
Administrators and Developers can save their reports in the Standard Reports or Other Files folders by creating subfolders in this dialog.
- Click the Save button in the OLAP Selections pane or click the Options button in the OCP.
- Click Save Report.
- Click either Standard Reports or Other Files from the drop down list.
- Click the New Folder icon in the upper right corner of the dialog box as shown in the following image.
- Enter the name, for example, Sales Reports, in the Name field.
- Click OK to return to the OLAP Selections pane or the OCP.
Users can save their reports with the OLAP functionality removed, so the OLAP tool can be used as a simple report writer tool.
- Create a subfolder by following these procedures: How to Save a Custom Report in OLAPor How to Save Standard Reports and Other Files in OLAP.
- After a subfolder is selected, check the Save without OLAP box.
- Enter a new name for your report in the Save As box and click OK.
WebFOCUS generates a new report without OLAP functionality. The following image shows a normal report of employees' pay levels which is sorted by employee's last name.
