Hot reports are configurable reports that appear in the My Classes and My Timetable grids of the Home window. You can configure multiple reports to be available from a single class row or timetable.
Note: You can also configure hot reports for student attendance windows and accommodation booking windows. See Configuring attendance hot reports Anchor H_27598 H_27598 (on page ) and Configuring booking list hot reports.
Hot reports are configured through Synergetic using:
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- Select Module > System > User/Report Form Editor from the Synergetic main menu.
The Synergetic User/Report Form Editor window is displayed. See Using the Report/User Form Editor in the Synergetic System maintenance manual. - Create the report you want to display using the Synergetic User/Report Form Editor. See Report Form Designer in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.
- Ensure that the Web Enabled field is selected for the report.
- Click .
- Select Module > System > Lookup Table Maintenance from the Synergetic main menu.
The Synergetic Lookup Table Maintenance window is displayed. See Maintaining lookup tables in the Synergetic System maintenance manual. - Find the luReportStyle lookup table. See luReportStyle lookup table in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.
- Add an entry in the luReportStyle lookup table using the report name as the code.
- Type in the database view used by the report in the vPrintOverrideViewName field.
Note: All other fields in the luReportStyle lookup table can be ignored at this point. - Click .
- Select Module > System> Configuration File Maintenance from the Synergetic main menu.
The Synergetic Configuration File Maintenance window is displayed. See Configuration File Maintenance window in the Synergetic System maintenance manual. - Find the SynWeb HotReports configuration settings.
Tip: Type Synweb|HotReports into the search field to find the settings quickly. - Add the appropriate configuration setting:
• to create a hot report for the My Classes area, see HotReports:MyClasses configuration settingAnchor H_27493 H_27493 (on page )
• to create a hot report for the My Timetable area, see HotReports:MyTimetable configuration settingAnchor H_27491 H_27491 (on page ).
Note: Ensure the Key 4 value is unique for each MyClasses or MyTimetable hot report configuration setting. - Type the report name and the report selection criteria into the Value field.
Note: You need to modify the RecordSelectionFormula to match the view or other SQL object referenced by the selected report. - Click .
The hot report is ready to use.