Running a Reporting Object From the Browser

You can run a Reporting Object or any individual component of it from the browser. You can run a Reporting Object in the following ways:

• Select the object in the Reporting Object tool and click Run, or right-click the object and select Run.
• Right-click the Reporting Object in the Workspaces view and select Run or Run Deferred.

The Run option in the Reporting Object tool is enabled regardless of the setting of the Only Run as a Deferred Report property.

Expected Behavior of Running a Reporting Object

When you select and run a Reporting Object, the expected behavior is as follows:

• When you define a Report or Chart component, all components of the Reporting Object run.
• When you define a Report and Chart component, an HTML page opens, which enables you to select which component to run.
• When you define filters in a Reporting Object, an HTML page opens, which enables you to select from the defined filters of the Reporting Object.
• When you define parameters in a report or chart and the Reporting Object Prompt for Parameters property is specified, an HTML page opens, which prompts you for parameter values.
• Reporting Object components are validated prior to run time. This means that errors are found and corrected more easily, since errors in individual components are detected prior to run time.
• If you attempt to run a Reporting Object that is created without using the Report or Chart component, you receive the message:

  Your request did not return any output to display.

  Possible causes:
  - No data rows matched the specified selection criteria.
  - Output was directed to a destination such as a file or printer.
  - An error occurred during the parsing or running of the request.