IFS Business Reporter

This page provides configuration information related to business reporting tool IFS Business Reporter. This report client is generally abbreviated as BR in the technical documentation.

Contents

• Ideal usage of Business Reporter
• Setup BR Client Navigator

  The BR Client Navigator defines the Information Sources to be displayed in IFS Business Reporting & Analysis clients as e.g. IFS Business Reporter. After a fresh installation the Client Navigator will contain Information Sources according to a default navigator structure as defined by associated metadata. To configure the source navigator you have to use Setup BR Client Navigator in the Solution Manager.

• BR System Parameters
  To make IFS Business Reporter work properly, i.e. to correctly support navigation from IFS Business Reporter to IFS Application clients, to get online help to work properly etc. it will be necessary to define IFS Business Reporter specific system parameters.
• BR Execution Parameters

   IFS Business Reporter execution related configuration can be done using BR Execution Parameters.

• BR Report Level Execution Parameters

  In order to control the execution of IFS Business Reporter reports on report or data set level, the BR Report Level Execution Parameters related features can be used. These features also provide possibilities like statistics of last report execution, enabling/disabling of report level execution etc.

• Global BR Parameters

  This section describes how IFS Business Reporter reports can be designed to use global parameters that get their values from the Global BR Parameters form.

• BR Parameter Functions

  This section deals with functions that can be used  when defining IFS Business Reporter specific parameters.

• Miscellaneous BR Configuration

  Deals with different configuration subjects as e.g. how to configure the integration between IFS Business Reporter and Document Management.

• High Level Design Guidelines
• Performance Specific Tips and Tricks
• Integration between IFS Business Reporter and Document Management
• Translation Guideline