A report item that displays a short piece of static text in a report. For example, a report developer can use label elements as column headings in a table header row.

The designed appearance of a dashboard or report. Designing a layout entails arranging items on a page so that a user can analyze the information easily. A dashboard displays information in a combination of gadgets such as charts, lists, and maps. A report displays information in a combination of charts, footers, headers, paragraphs, subreports, and tabular lists.

A tool in a report designer in which a report developer arranges, formats, and sizes report items.

See outer join.

See grouped report.

A collection of reusable and shareable report elements. A library can contain data sets, data sources, embedded images, JavaScript code, styles, and visual report items. A developer uses a report designer to develop a library and to retrieve report elements from that library for use in a dashboard, gadget, or report design.

An Extensible Markup Language (XML) file that contains reusable and shareable report elements, including Actuate BIRT technology such as Actuate BIRT data object and report document data sources, HTML buttons, and HTML 5 charts.

A feature that enables a user to access information outside of Metrics Management, such as documents or web sites. Locations and measures support information links specific to the item.

A report item that iterates through the data rows in a data set. The list element contains and displays other report items in a variety of layouts.

See event listener.

A report that provides a simple view of data. Typically, a listing report displays a single line for each data row.

A location and the currency format, date format, language, sorting sequence, time format, and other characteristics associated with that location. The location is not always identical to the country. There can be multiple languages and locales within one country. For example, China has two geography-based locales: Beijing and Hong Kong. Canada has two language-based locales: French and English.

The process of translating database content, printed documents, and software programs into another language. Report developers localize static text in a design so that a dashboard, gadget, or report displays text in the language that is appropriate to the locale configured on the user’s machine.

In Metrics Management, a geographic or operational unit within an organization that supports the application of hierarchical measures.

In Metrics Management, the mathematical method used to combine data across locations. Metrics Management supports sum and average consolidations across locations.

In Metrics Management, the relationship between locations. For example, an organization might have several offices in different geographical locations and several divisions within these offices. The location structure would have the separate divisions at the bottom of the structure, the different geographical locations at the level above, and then the Total organization location at the top.

In Metrics Management, an individual who is accountable for performance of measures for a specific location.

In Metrics Management, a period for which users cannot enter data. Typically, a locked period is one that was previously completed.