Linked Objects Concept
The main features of the Linked Objects Concept are:
- Linked Object means that it exists only within a parent, i.e. it belongs to a particular Report. Linked Objects include Linked Lists, Linked Formats and Linked Drill Lists.
- These Objects will not be found in the Design Studio menus Maintain Lists and Maintain Formats unless they are published by an Administrator.
- Linked Objects will be available only within a particular Report and once the Report is deleted, these objects will be gone as well. This makes the List maintenance easier and less time consuming.
- If necessary, Linked Objects can be made available outside of their particular Report if an Administrator user publishes the Linked Objects.
An excellent example of how useful Linked Objects can be is a Report based on the Multiple Bars & Line Charts template. This report can include up to 6 Lists for the Bars and 6 Lists for the Lines. At the same time, you might need to create Formats for the Bars and for the Lines that will be used only within this report.
Using Linked Objects functionality, the number of Lists in Maintain Lists and Formats in Maintain Formats can be drastically reduced by keeping Linked Objects inside the Report.
If you decide to delete the Report, you do not have to remove the Lists as a separate step afterwards.
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Objects Concept
Below you will find explanation for each of the Object Types which are used in CXO Designer:
- Shared Lists - List which can be used by more than one report
- Report List - List linked to a single report and it is created for this report only. This List ill not be found in the CXO Designer Shared Objects Menu
- Linked List - List linked to a single list and created for the drill-down from a member of that list
- Shared Format - Format which can be used by more than one report
- List Format - Format linked to a single List