Setting report details preferences

Report details include such information as the objects included in the filter, how they are filtered, whether to include the report description, and so on. Report details are displayed in the Report Details pane, which can be displayed when a report is opened.

By default, report details are enabled so that you can view them in any report. You can disable report details so that they do not display when the report is opened. Regardless of this setting, report details can be hidden or viewed manually after a report is opened (in the report, select Report Details from the View menu).

You can specify the content of the report details, which can include any of the following:

• Report description: Displays the description of the report written by the creator or owner of the report.

• Prompt details: Displays the name of each prompt on the report, as well as the prompt answer that the user chose before the report was executed.

• Filter details: Displays the name of any shortcut filter, the definition of each report filter, and the definition of each report limit used on the report.

  A shortcut filter is a stand-alone filter that can be used on multiple reports. In contrast, a report filter is created within the report and cannot be used in another report.

  If filter details are included, you can select either, both, or neither of the following:

  • Show definition of shortcut filters: Displays the definition, instead of the filter name, of any stand-alone filters that were added to the report as a shortcut.

  • View filter details: Displays the view filter, if one is applied to the report. View filters are not named, so the definition is displayed.

    MicroStrategy OLAP Services allows view filters, which are a filter that can be applied by the user dynamically after the report has been executed and displayed.

• Metric details: Displays the names of the objects on the report and the definitions of the metrics on the report.

• Cache status: Displays whether the report used a cached set of data for its results.

These report details preferences override some of the report details properties that are configured in the Report Details Properties dialog box in the Project Configuration Editor and the Report Editor. For example, you choose prompt details as a report details preference. When you open a prompted report, the name of each prompt and its prompt answers are displayed in the Report Details pane. You cannot remove the prompt details display from that report, unless you remove prompt details as a report details preference. In the report itself, however, you can configure how the prompt details are displayed, such as whether the title of the prompt is displayed.

You can also choose to use the report details properties instead of these report details preferences. These properties are available at the project and report level. To use the report details properties, disable the report details preferences by clearing the Apply these Developer preferences to the Report Details check box in the Developer Preferences dialog box.

The report details preferences can also be disabled from a report. For more information about the report details properties, what they affect, and disabling report details preferences from a report, see Configuring report details overview.