What are Desktop Views?

What are Desktop Views?

Desktop Views are user-defined presentations of information taken from Ostendo.  They can be Analysis Views, Charts, Pivot Views or KPI’s.   Additionally the displayed information can be refreshed at a user-defined frequency to provide up-to-the-minute information.

 

The option to use and display Desktop Views is defined against the User’s Security and Options record (see File>System Configuration>User Security and Options).  Up to 4 Views can appear on a user’s Desktop.  The Views themselves are created via the Report and Views Developer function.  These would normally be Analysis Views, Graphs, Charts, or KPI’s.  These Views are display only and provides no interaction with the User.  However drill--down facility is available if the View has been specified to provide this

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