This tab allows you to specify the general information about a report. See the tab.
Specifies the parameter values if any to run the report. If you are running a page report, you need to select a specific report tab to run.
Select Report Tab
Specifies the page report tab which you want to run. Bursting reports are not listed in the table.
Displays parameters of the report with your last-time saved default values, which could be the values saved in this tab last time, or in the Enter Parameter Values dialog or Parameter Settings dialog, or when scheduling the report, and for a web report, could also be the values saved in the Parameters panel. Edit the values according to your requirement. You may specify parameter values in these ways.
If you have not yet set the default values on the server, or if you did but your saved default values cannot fully match the current parameters, all the parameters will use their default values specified in the parameters' definition as the initial values.
If no parameter is used in the report, "No Parameter Needed" will be displayed here.
Use Saved Values
If it is available, you can select the previously saved parameter values to apply to the report and save parameter values for reuse later.
Save as default
Saves current parameter values as the default values for the report. It is a user-report level setting.
This option is an action and it takes effect after the task is submitted. Its initial status is always unselected.
For page reports, this option is available when Enable Setting Default Parameter Values For Page Report is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab.
For web reports, this option is available when Enable Setting Default Parameter Values For Web Report is checked in the Profile > Customize Server Preferences > Advanced tab.
The section is available when there are multiple dynamic connections for the current log-in user. It allows you to specify a dynamic connection.
Data Source
Displays the data source name in the catalog.
Connection
Specifies a dynamic connection from the drop-down list.
Connection Properties
Shows the information of the selected dynamic connection, which is read only. For details about the propeties, refer to Edit Dynamic Connection dialog.
Specifies other report information.
Report
Lists the report information.
Catalog
Lists the catalog information.
Select Another Catalog
Specifies another catalog for the report in the Select Another Catalog dialog.
Report Version
Specifies the report version.
Catalog Version
Specifies the catalog version.
Priority
Specifies a priority level to the report running task. The priority levels are from 1 to 10 in ascending order of lowest priority to highest priority. This property is available to administrators. By default this property is ignored unless server.properties is modified to set queue.policy not equal to 0.
