Create View Report Actions
Create View Report actions produce HTML reports from View datasets. Each report generated by the action is stored in a folder underneath the LiveCompare user data directory. If the Create View Report action’s ‘Fixed’ parameter is set to ‘false’, its reports are stored in the following time-stamped directory:
<LiveCompare user data dir>\public\Reports\<Workspace Name>\<Report Name>_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
If the Create View Report action’s Fixed parameter is set to ‘true’, its reports are stored in the following directory, which does not include a time stamp:
<LiveCompare user data dir>\public\Reports\Report_<Workspace Name>\<Report Name>
| Action Property | Description |
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Fixed |
A Boolean parameter which indicates whether the Create View Report action will generate fixed location reports. If this parameter is set to ‘true’, the action stores its report in the Report_<Report Name> directory; this directory will be removed and then recreated each time the action is run. If the Fixed parameter is set to ‘false’, a new report will be generated in its own time-stamped directory each time the action is run. Each fixed location report in a workspace should normally have a different value for its Report Name parameter. This will ensure that each workflow’s Report URL dataset points to the expected report. |
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Report Name |
A String parameter which stores the name of the report. If the Fixed parameter is set to ‘true’, the generated report is named Report_<Report Name>. If the Fixed parameter is set to ‘false’, the generated report name includes a time stamp indicating when the report was created. |
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Report URL |
A String dataset which is set to the URL of the generated report. |
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Row Status to Show |
A String List parameter defining the row comparison statuses to appear in the report. The String List parameter may contain the values ‘Same’, ‘Different’, ‘In1’ or ‘In2’. If this action property is not set, all comparison statuses are shown. |
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Source |
A View dataset which provides the source data for the report. |
Generated View reports may be accessed by double-clicking the Report URL dataset, or choosing ‘View Details’ from the dataset’s context menu. They may also be accessed from a workspace’s Reports folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy. Choose ‘Reload Children’ from the folder’s context menu to list any newly-generated reports.
Example:
To examine the details for a Create View Report action, double-click the action node, or select ‘View Details’ from the node’s context menu. The Details screen displays the number of tables included in the report and the time taken for the action to complete.