Slide 1

Slide notes: We will now have a look at Period driven Comments in our Reports. What is a Period Comment? A Period driven Comment means that when we perform the Report with Current Month = July, then the July Comment will appear in the Report. The Comment Index is just the master list of Comment Types, and for each entry in the Comment Index, we may record specific Comments by Period.

Slide 2

Slide notes: Period driven Comments are accessible from the Business Objects menu, and also from the DocWriter console.

Slide 3

Slide notes: We will start by making a Comment Index entry.

Slide 4

Slide notes:

Slide 5

Slide notes: A 3-digit Key is recommended, and then we briefly describe what the Comment is used for, so that we can identify it.

Slide 6

Slide notes:

Slide 7

Slide notes:

Slide 8

Slide notes: Once we have an entry in the Comment Index, then we can record Comments for any Periods against that Index entry.

Slide 9

Slide notes:

Slide 10

Slide notes:

Slide 11

Slide notes:

Slide 12

Slide notes:

Slide 13

Slide notes:

Slide 14

Slide notes:

Slide 15

Slide notes:

Slide 16

Slide notes:

Slide 17

Slide notes:

Slide 18

Slide notes:

Slide 19

Slide notes:

Slide 20

Slide notes:

Slide 21

Slide notes:

Slide 22

Slide notes:

Slide 23

Slide notes:

Slide 24

Slide notes:

Slide 25

Slide notes:

Slide 26

Slide notes:

Slide 27

Slide notes:

Slide 28

Slide notes:

Slide 29

Slide notes:

Slide 30

Slide notes:

Slide 31

Slide notes:

Slide 32

Slide notes:

Slide 33

Slide notes:

Slide 34

Slide notes:

Slide 35

Slide notes:

Slide 36

Slide notes:

Slide 37

Slide notes:

Slide 38

Slide notes:

Slide 39

Slide notes:

Slide 40

Slide notes:

Slide 41

Slide notes:

Slide 42

Slide notes:

Slide 43

Slide notes:

Slide 44

Slide notes:

Slide 45

Slide notes:

Slide 46

Slide notes:

Slide 47

Slide notes:

Slide 48

Slide notes:

Slide 49

Slide notes: This is not a realistic comment for our Report, but for Training it is very much so, because we will be able to instantly recognize this Comment when we produce a Report for July as the Current Month, and with this Comment Index.

Slide 50

Slide notes:

Slide 51

Slide notes: We can also list our Comment Index, as well as the Period Comments.

Slide 52

Slide notes:

Slide 53

Slide notes:

Slide 54

Slide notes:

Slide 55

Slide notes:

Slide 56

Slide notes:

Slide 57

Slide notes:

Slide 58

Slide notes:

Slide 59

Slide notes: To show how we can use the Period Comment Template, we will include a Tag here, at the Income Section of the Report.

Slide 60

Slide notes:

Slide 61

Slide notes:

Slide 62

Slide notes:

Slide 63

Slide notes:

Slide 64

Slide notes:

Slide 65

Slide notes: It is necessary to ensure that adequate space is provided for the type of Comment that we expect to appear. Therefore we will merge these cells.

Slide 66

Slide notes:

Slide 67

Slide notes:

Slide 68

Slide notes:

Slide 69

Slide notes:

Slide 70

Slide notes:

Slide 71

Slide notes:

Slide 72

Slide notes:

Slide 73

Slide notes:

Slide 74

Slide notes:

Slide 75

Slide notes:

Slide 76

Slide notes:

Slide 77

Slide notes:

Slide 78

Slide notes:

Slide 79

Slide notes:

Slide 80

Slide notes:

Slide 81

Slide notes:

Slide 82

Slide notes:

Slide 83

Slide notes:

Slide 84

Slide notes:

Slide 85

Slide notes:

Slide 86

Slide notes:

Slide 87

Slide notes:

Slide 88

Slide notes: We can type or lookup the Comment Index.

Slide 89

Slide notes:

Slide 90

Slide notes: And we will check that we are allowing adequate length for the Comment.

Slide 91

Slide notes:

Slide 92

Slide notes:

Slide 93

Slide notes:

Slide 94

Slide notes:

Slide 95

Slide notes:

Slide 96

Slide notes: Note that we use Current Period = July.

Slide 97

Slide notes:

Slide 98

Slide notes:

Slide 99

Slide notes:

Slide 100

Slide notes:

Slide 101

Slide notes: And that's why the July Comment appears. If we produce the Report for August, then the August Comment will appear, if there is one.

Slide 102

Slide notes:

Slide 103

Slide notes: