PDF view

Use a PDF view to display a file in PDF format directly in you scorecard, e.g. a .pdf file or a report created in Reporter.

You can set up your browser so that .pdf files are opened in a separate browser tab. In Adobe Reader click Edit -> Settings -> Internet and unmark Show PDF in browser. The PDF view will appear to be empty but your browser will ask if you want to open or save the .pdf file. Choose Open.

When printing a web page that contains a PDF view, .pdf documents will not be included. Users should use the print function of the .pdf file itself.

How to add a PDF view in Configuration Studio

To add an PDF view element to a scorecard element, right click the parent element to which it belongs, choose Add -> File view -> PDF view.

Properties

General

Name - the name PDF view is generated automatically but it may be changed
Description - an optional text describing the object; displayed when you click Description in the drop-down for the object on the web

Configuration

File or report - click the icon to the right of the field and choose the report, presentation or file you wish to display from the list. Files that have been uploaded via Resources, as well as reports and presentation in Reporter will be available in the list.

Visibility

Border style - choose the style the object should have:
- Frame and Title bar
- Frame only
- None
Visible - select how the object should appear on the web:
- Visible
- Not visible
- Only visible for Admin - shows the object on the web only for users with admin user role; this applies everywhere, e.g. breadcrumb, organization tree, page content, Reporter, searching, filtered lists, maps, and Workflow.
This can be useful e.g. when adding new elements to "live" objects.

Audit

Modified by - the name of the last user to make changes to the object.
Last modified - the date and time when the object was last changed.
Created by - the name of the user who created the object.
Created - the date and time when the object was created.

Advanced

ID - a unique ID for the object.

By default, Corporater BMP assigns consecutive numbers to new objects.

You can change the ID to a value of choice that can include either letters or letter and number combinations.

The ID mustn't contain only numbers, include special characters such as ) ( . * } { + < > [ ], or match the name of a default object type in Corporater BMP.

Lifetime

Lifetime start - select the first day the object and its available children are valid.
Lifetime end - select the last day the object and its available children are valid.

For more information on how to limit the time period during which an object is available to users, see Time span.

Layout

Height - height of the PDF view in pixels.

Set Height to the size you need to be able to see as much text as you want.

Row span - number of rows used by an element (Row layout only)
Column span - number of columns used by an element (Row layout only)
Width - the space to be used by the object as per row layout; the number must be postfixed with the unit to use, e.g. 40%, 100px, 10cm, 4in

The Width property is a string, so any html size units (i.e. "%", "px", "em", "mm", "cm", "in", "pt") may be used. However, bear in mind that when you set fixed widths on objects and there isn't enough space, some of them will be rendered on the next row. We therefore recommend always using %.
Area - choose the part of the page where you want the object to be placed, Header, Body or Footer, when a Column Layout where Header and/or Footer has been selected is used; see Page setup for more information (Column layout only)

The Area property will only appear if the Tab selected is of type Column, and Header or Footer is enabled in Tab.
Column - the column in a Column layout the object should be placed in (Column layout only)
Tab - click the icon and select the tab in the Page setup on which to display the object. Note that the Page setup to choose from is not the one selected on the current object, but the one on the parent object. The tab must belong to the chosen Page setup. New tabs can be created here; see Shared web items for more information.

See Web Layout for more information on layouts.

Miscellaneous

YTD enabled - select the object's relation to year-to-date (YTD) calculations.
- True - enables YTD calculations for the object.
- False - disables YTD calculations for the object.
- Inherit - determines the object to use the value of the corresponding property from its parent object.

Visibility

Show Menu Button - check if you want the button that opens the Options menu for the object to be available on the web page; among other things, the Options menu contains alternatives for editing and deleting. The contents of the Options menu can be configured in Page setup.

Show Icon/Status - select which icon to display in the Title bar. You can choose between:
- Table type icon - the standard icon for the object
- Status gauge icon - a status gauge used as icon
- No icon

Access control

Read accessors - click the Edit button () and authorize one or more users and user groups to view the object on Web.
Add accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to add new objects to the object on Web.
Write accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to edit the object on Web.
Delete accessors - click the Edit button() and authorize one or more users and user groups to delete the object on Web.
Ownership - click the Edit button () and grant ownership of the object to one or more users and user groups.

Users and user groups who own the object have full access rights to it.
Override access profile - select for the object's access control setting to outrank the object's corresponding access settings in profiles.