MicroStrategy ONE

Disabling Functionality on Report Grid or Graph

Majority of the functionality on a report grid or graph is controlled by transform parameters in configuration files. In this customization scenario, you remove the context menu for a report from the report and the Page By field by modifying the contextMenus transform parameter for a style.

Before customization:

Context menu in a report

Context menu in the Page By section

After customization:

Context menu replaced by Web browser menu in a report

Context menu replaced by Web browser menu in the Page By section

This customization can be accomplished using either of the following methods:

Deploying the plug-in provided with MicroStrategy SDK

MicroStrategy SDK provides a plug-in (ZIP file) that can simply be extracted to thepluginsfolder to view the customization in MicroStrategy Web. The following steps guide you in locating the plug-in and deploying it. 

  1. Access the plug-in: JSP version or ASP .NET version. 

  2. Extract the plug-in to the plugins subfolder inside the MicroStrategy Web installation folder.   

  3. Launch MicroStrategy Web to view the customization.

Using the Web Customization Editor to create a plug-in

MicroStrategy SDK provides a Web Customization Editor that can be used to create a customization plug-in. The following steps guide you in creating the plug-in and deploying it. 

  1. Launch the Web Customization Editor. 

  2. Click on MicroStrategy Web Configuration inside the Application Settings view to expand the hierarchical tree. The expanded list comprises the different settings that can be modified to perform customizations. 

  3. Click on Styles to expand the list of styles used in MicroStrategy Web. 

  4. Double-click the ReportGridStyle style. 

  5. Click the Style Parameters tab at the bottom in the right frame. 

  6. Select contextMenus parameter and set its value as empty. That is, delete the existing value in the Value text field. 

  7. Save your changes. 

  8. Navigate back to Styles. 

  9. Double-click the PageByStyle style. 

  10. Click the Style Parameters tab at the bottom in the right frame. 

  11. Select contextMenus parameter and set its value as empty. That is, delete the existing value in the Value text field. 

  12. Save your changes. 

  13. Launch MicroStrategy Web to view the customization.

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