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View: reporting elements used in reports

Last update: Tue May 23 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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This view displays the View, Filter, and Grouping used to build each report in Adobe Workfront when you use it in a list of reports.

You can see the

valuefields

or

valueexpressions

used in every element of the report.

report_with_elements_definitions.png

Access requirements

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan*
Any
Adobe Workfront license*

Request to modify a view

Plan to modify a report

Access level configurations*

Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to modify a report

Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings to modify a view

NOTE

If you still don’t have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Object permissions

Manage permissions to a report

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

View reporting elements used in reports

  1. Go to a list of reports.

  2. From the View drop-down menu, select New View.

  3. In the Column Preview area, eliminate all columns except for one.

  4. Click the header of the remaining column, then click Switch to Text Mode.

  5. Mouse over the text mode area, and click Click to edit text.

  6. Remove the text you find in the Text Mode box, and replace it with the following code:

    column.0.descriptionkey=name
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.name=ID
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.valuefield=ID
column.0.link.linkproperty.0.valueformat=string
column.0.link.lookup=link.run
column.0.link.value=val(objCode)
column.0.listsort=string(name)
column.0.namekey=name.abbr
column.0.querysort=name
column.0.valuefield=name
column.0.valueformat=HTML
column.0.width=200
column.1.descriptionkey=objecttype
column.1.listsort=nested(view).string(uiObjCode)
column.1.namekey=objecttype.abbr
column.1.querysort=uiObjCode
column.1.valuefield=uiObjCode
column.1.valueformat=objCodeMessage
column.1.width=80
column.2.descriptionkey=enteredby
column.2.listsort=nested(enteredBy).string(lastName)
column.2.namekey=enteredby.abbr
column.2.querysort=enteredBy:lastName
column.2.valuefield=enteredBy:name
column.2.valueformat=HTML
column.2.width=130
column.3.displayname=Filter definition
column.3.textmode=true
column.3.valuefield=filter:definition
column.3.valueformat=HTML
column.4.displayname=View definition
column.4.textmode=true
column.4.valuefield=view:definition
column.4.valueformat=HTML
column.5.displayname=Grouping definition
column.5.textmode=true
column.5.valuefield=groupBy:definition
column.5.valueformat=HTML

  7. Click Save View.

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