Intellicus Desktop Studio menu bar has the following options:
Figure 5: Intellicus menu bar
Below table shows the sub menus and their description:
Tab | Sub-menu and Description |
File | · New: Use this option to create a new report. Click SQL Report that will get data from a database.
· Open: To open an existing report (.irl file). · Close: To close the open report file. · Save: To save the report format file. · Save As: To save the open report file at a specific location with same or different name. · Page Setup: To carry out print related settings. · Dashboard Page Setup: To set the page dimensions when the report will be used on a dashboard. · Print Preview: To preview the report. · Import: To import a crystal report in Intellicus. · Recent Files: To see list of recently opened files. · Exit: To exit from Intellicus Desktop Studio. |
Edit | · Sub Report: To edit the existing sub report.
· Undo: To Undo the last action. · Cut: To remove the selected object from its existing location (to be placed at some other location). · Copy: To copy the selected object from its existing location (to be placed at some other location). · Paste: To place the object that was copied or cut earlier. · Delete: To delete selected (one or more) objects. · Delete Section: To delete selected section. |
View | · Design: To switch over to Design View from the Preview.
· Preview: To preview the report being designed. · Properties: To hide / show properties list. · Explorer: To make the Explorer window disappear and appear. · Fields: To make the Fields window disappear and appear. · Refresh Fields: To refresh the field list. You may click this option after making changes in an SQL query. · Full Screen: To get a full screen view for Layout Editor. To come back to Normal View, right click on a report band, and click the Full Screen option. This option is not available for while previewing a report. · Grid: To toggle between making a grid visible or Invisible. · Toolbars: A mouse hover on this option opens a sub menu with options for Standard, Format, Status Bar and Toolbox. A click on an option will make the corresponding toolbar visible / invisible. |
Insert | · Section: Use this sub menu to insert a Report Header/Footer, a Page Header/Footer and Group Header/Footer in the report. Click its option Re-Arrange Groups to rearrange groups.
· Controls and Object related menu options: This includes options to insert Label, Field, Check box, Page Break, Line, Shape, Image, Frame and a Rich Text Box in the report layout. · Sub Report: Use this option to insert a sub-report in the report layout. · Cross Tab: Use this option to insert a cross-tab control on the report layout. · Chart: Use this option to insert a chart control on the report layout. · Caption: Use this option to insert caption of the field whose associated caption is not present. · Summary Field: Use options under this sub-menu to select and insert a summary field on all the group footers. · Date / Time: Use this option to insert a Date / Time control on the report layout. · Page Numbers: Use this option to insert page number control on the report layout. |
Format | · Align: Use this sub menu to align selected controls to Left, to Center, to right, towards top, middle or bottom or align with the grid.
· Size: Use this sub menu to re-arrange all the selected controls to have the Same Width, Same Height or both. · Horizontal Spacing: Use this sub menu to set horizontal spacing among two or more selected controls, as Equal, Increase, Decrease. · Vertical Spacing: Use this sub menu to set vertical spacing among two or more selected controls, as Equal, Increase, Decrease. · Paint Properties: To apply format properties to selected control(s). · Bring to Front: Use this menu option to bring the selected control to front. This control will overlap all other controls. · Send to Back: Use this menu option to bring the selected control to back. All other controls will overlap this control. · Styles: Use this menu option to get Styles dialog box. · Conditional Formatting: Use this menu option to get Conditional Formatting dialog box. · Notifications: Use this menu option to get Notifications dialog box. · Hyperlink: Use this menu option to get Hyperlink Options dialog box. · Lock Layout: To lock all the controls on the report to their respective locations. This is a menu option with toggle effect. |
Tools | · Connections: Use this menu option to set database connection for the open report. All types of connections will be available here, including OLAP type and others.
· Parameters: If the report needs one or more run time parameters at run time, use this menu option to get Parameters dialog box. Setup parameter information on this dialog box. · Parameters Form Layout: Use this option to open Parameters Form Layout dialog and specify layout details for Input Parameters Form (IPF). IPF opens at runtime when a report having user-parameter is executed. · SQL Designer: When the report being developed gets data from an SQL source, use this menu option to get SQL Editor dialog box. Setup SQL related details on this dialog box. · Scripting: Use this option to open Script Editor. · Formula Fields: Use this option to open Formula Fields dialog box. · Conditions: Use this option to open Conditions dialog box to design report conditions. · Report Properties: Opens Report Properties dialog box. · Field Properties: Opens Field Properties dialog box. · Options: Opens a dialog box to specify system and custom design. |
Server | · Upload Report: To upload a report to the report server.
· Download Report: To download a report (.irl file) from the Intellicus report server. |
Window | · Upload Report: To upload a report to the report server.
· Download Report: To download a report (.irl file) from the Intellicus report server. · Tile Horizontally: Place all open reports one below other. · Tile Vertically: Place all open reports side by side. · Cascade: To place all open report over each other in cascading fashion. This way only the topmost report is visible. Title bar of all the report is visible. A title bar can be clicked to bring it to front. · Close All: To close all the report files. |
Help | · Contents: To launch Online Help of Intellicus Desktop Studio.
· About: To know about the version of the Intellicus Desktop Studio that you are using. |