Filter Formatting

Overview

The Filter format tab contains a number of sections that you can use to format your filters.

Each of these sections is described below.

General Settings

The main formatting options for report filters are displayed below.

Format

Option	Description
Filter Display	Select the location for User Prompt filters to be displayed on the Report page.
Apply Link Location	Select the location for the apply button or link to be displayed. This is positioned within the Filter Display (defined above).
Apply Style	Use a button to apply selected filter values.
Filter Width	Select the length for User Prompt filter values display, allowing you to accommodate longer values.
Display Filter Values	Allows you to display a legend of filter values applied to the report.

Action

Option	Description
Autorun Report on Load	Apply default and remembered filter values and run the report on first load.
Remember Filter Values	Remember filter values previously applied to this report and load on next viewing.
Drill Filters	Minimise display of filters applied to the report as part of the Drill Through process.
Minimise Filter Section	Minimise the filter display on first load of the report.
Filter Date Reference	Apply pre-defined date periods relative to the current date.

Filter Refresh

This option is only available if one or more filters have been set to use Cached Values.

Option	Description
Refresh	There are two available refresh options available for cached filters: Manual: allow users to manually refresh cached filter values. This should be used if values don't change regularly. Scheduled: schedule automatic cached filter values refresh. This should be used if values change often.

If the refresh setting is defined as Scheduled then the following scheduling options will become available. This schedule will apply to all cached filters on this report.