A DiveTab ad hoc page is defined by using an ad-hoc-page tag with optional tags between an open { and close } brace.
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Tag |
Examples |
Status |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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ad-hoc-page |
ad-hoc-page { ... } |
Required |
Defines the block for this ad hoc page instance. |
| available-columns |
ad-hoc-page { ... available-columns { text column = "Cost" } } |
Optional | Indicates dimensions presented to the DiveTab user from the Edit option. The available-columns tag can include text, alert, and bullet columns. |
| available-dimension |
ad-hoc-page id = "ad-hoc-dives" { title "Ad Hoc Page" cplan "/cplans/demo_drl.cplan" available-dimension "Sales Region" { text "Region" column = "Sales Region" } available-dimension "Product Family" ... } |
Optional |
Indicates dimensions presented to the user from the Edit option. Does not appear in the default display of the page. |
|
column |
text "Cost" column = "Cost" text column = "Vehicles Sold"
|
Optional |
Defines columns in-line. For example, specify a heading and an individual summary column. |
| column-set |
column-set id = "cs-viewall" column-set id = "YearInfo" |
Optional |
Names a previously defined set of columns in a definitions block. |
|
cplan |
cplan "/cplans/sales.cplan" filter `value("Resp Salesperson") = "George"` } |
Required |
Indicates the data source. Can include filters and calculations. |
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dimension |
dimension "Distribution Supplier" dimension "Customer" { text "Account" column = "Customer" } |
Optional |
Names the dimensions to display on the page. These can be adjusted by the user by using the Edit function in the client. |
| dimcount-dimension |
dimcount-dimension "Product Family" dimcount-dimension "SIC Description" { text "SIC Desc" column = "SIC Description" } |
Optional | Creates dive dimensions for the DiveTab user. Appears as DimCounts by default. They are also seeded in the dive dimension list of the Edit dialog box. These can be adjusted by the user by using the Edit function in the client. |
|
expand-dimcounts |
expand-dimcounts | Optional | Displays the page with the dive dimensions expanded. The default is to display with dive dimension columns collapsed. |
| filter |
cplan "/cplans/basic.cplan" { filter `value("Resp Team") = "Smith"` } |
Optional |
Filters the displayed data for the indicated value. |
|
id |
ad-hoc-page id = "Supplier Ad Hoc Page" |
Optional |
Defines an identifier for the page. Required to reference attributes elsewhere in the script. Ad hoc pages in the pages block require the id tag; ad hoc pages in the sections block do not. |
| jump |
text column = "Order Count" { link { page id = "TWO" { jump "Order Number" } } } |
Optional | Defines a link that jumps from one page to another based on a common dimension that might or might not be part of the data displayed for the DiveTab user. Dives on the source page are used as filters on the target page. |
| link |
text "Customer" column = "Customer Count" { link { page id = "rp-customer" } } |
Optional |
Creates a shortcut to the named page from the column. NOTE: Links can be created to a data page, a web page, or a document in a repository. |
| no-grid-lines | no-grid-lines | Optional | Suppresses the appearance of grid lines in the ad hoc page displayed in the client. |
|
parameter |
parameter “Product Brand” |
Optional |
Accepts the passed value. |
|
preload |
preload = true |
Optional |
Indicates if data is to be cached when the application is synced. When this tag is not present, the default is to not cache the data. NOTE: Pages that include QuickViews cannot be preloaded. |
| quickview-dimension |
quickview-dimension "Sales Region" quickview-dimension "Salesperson" { text "Sales Rep" column = "Salesperson" } |
Optional | Specifies dimensions to appear as QuickViews in the initial page. They can be adjusted by the user by using the Edit function in the client. |
|
sort-column |
sort-column "Year" sort-column "Cases YTD" reverse = true |
Optional |
Specifies a column to sort on. |
| text | text "Cost in Dollars" column = "Cost" | Optional | Specifies the label for the column heading in DiveTab. |
|
title |
title = "Supplier Access Page" |
Required |
Appears in the title bar when the page is displayed. |
| value-format |
value-format "###,###,###.00" value-format "#.00" |
Optional |
Formats the data presentation. |
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