Build New Functionality

Building new functionality in MicroStrategy Web means performing two customization tasks:

• defining new events for the application to process, by building new functionality  

• extending event handlers to process new events, by modifying default functionality  

The image below shows a new event designed to convert a traditional report to a tabular format. (To create the tabular format, the categories listed down the left-hand side of the report are converted to being listed across the top of the report like tabs, and new columns are created and data shifted to accommodate the new tabs.) Once the new event is defined, a URL calls the new event:

The diagram below shows a newly defined event handler (labeled Custom Event Handler) that performs custom actions, which extend the abilities of the default event handler:

Get started: Customizing events or Creating and Implementing a Custom Event