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Chapter 4: Deploy Cubes and Reports Steps 1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select a PowerPlay server. 2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab. 3. In the Table of Contents box (Options), select Disabled. 4. Click OK. Enable Preference Settings By enabling the user selection of preferences on a PowerPlay server, you allow users to choose • the locale (regional setting) used • the language of the application interface When you enable the preference settings, the Table of Contents page (p. 53) shows a Preferences tab. Steps 1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select a PowerPlay server. 2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab. 3. In the Selection of Preferences box (Options), select Enabled. 4. Click OK. Customize the PowerPlay Web Viewer Modify Report Page You can customize the PowerPlay Web Viewer Modify Report page so that, for example, it has the same customized look as an Upfront page. The Modify Report page appears when users open PowerPlay Web reports in Upfront or from the PowerPlay Web Table of Contents. The Modify Report page is rendered only if the report author specified that the report be deployed with prompting. For more information, see the PowerPlay User Guide. You cannot organize, enable, or disable the options on the Modify Report page. Modify Styles You can modify the background colors, margins, and font properties on the Modify Report page by editing the Modify Report CSS style sheet file. Modify the styles in the CSS style sheet as shown in the following table. Class Name promptPageBody promptModifyTitle promptModifyDescption promptDimBar promptSectionTitle promptSectionText promptTopBanner promptBottomBanner Modification Description Background color of the Prompt page body. Height, width, and font properties of the Modify Report title. Height, width, and font properties of the Provide Information to customize Your Report text. Background color of the dimension filter bar. Background color and font properties of the section headings Options and Currency and Format. Font properties of the text in each Option section. Background color of the top banner. Background color of the bottom banner. 54 Cognos PowerPlay (R)
Chapter 4: Deploy Cubes and Reports Steps 1. In the installation_location\webcontent\ppwb directory, locate and open the styles.css file. 2. Modify the style sheet styles as appropriate. 3. Save and close the file. Modify Images You can modify the images on the Modify Report page by editing the HTML template file. Modify the image files in the Modify Report HTML template file as shown in the following table. .gif File dialog_photo1.gif dialog_photo2.gif space.gif dialog_help1.gif cognos_logo_sml.gif Description Used in top banner. Used in top banner. Used in top banner. Used in top banner. Used in bottom banner. Specify a URL Steps 1. In the installation_location\ppserver directory, locate and open the ppwv_prompt.html file. 2. Modify the image files as appropriate. 3. Save and close the file. Tips: • To change the background color of the top banner to match the new image, modify the promptTopBanner class in the CSS style sheet file. • To change the background color of the bottom banner to match the new image, modify the promptBottomBanner class in the CSS style sheet file. You can use a URL to invoke PowerPlay Web, either by typing it directly in the address box of a Web browser, or by generating the URL from another Web page. The URL can specify: • a server running the PowerPlay gateway program • the gateway technology to use, either CGI, NSAPI, or ISAPI • a cube or report to run (target) • the filtering to apply to each dimension (filter) • whether to run a report in PDF or HTML (format) For example, to specify the server running the PowerPlay gateway program and the gateway technology to use, the URL would appear in the following format: ://// ://// where: is the name of the server, is the defined Web alias, and is the name of the gateway program, such as ppdscgi.exe. You can also specify parameters on a URL, to open a cube or report, apply filters, and determine the format of a report. The format would be: :////?TARGET=&FILTER=&FORMAT= Enterprise Server Guide 55
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