Overview
View Options
Option | Description |
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Name | Provide a Business Name for the View, which will be used to identify it during the Report Building process. |
Business Description | Provide a Business Description for the View, which will help the Report Writer understand the intended use and contents of the View. |
Technical Description | Provide a Technical Description for the View, which will help Administrators understand the design and purpose of the View. |
Audience | Provide an Audience Description to help identify who the View was designed for. |
View Category | Select a View Category. View Categories define which Field Categories are available in the second step of the builder. |
Performance
Option | Description |
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Default Cache Period (Hours) | Used to store queried data in a cache and reused by multiple report users. If the data in your source system is not time sensitive then you can set the cache time to be high and limit the impact of report users on the source system. |
View Row Limit | You can set the maximum row to be returned for any report written from this view. |
Optimise View | When enabled this will mean that Yellowfin will only include tables in report SQL that are being used within the report, or are set to Mandatory. |
Filter Text Suggestions | If enabled, this will allow certain fields to use the 'Filter Text Suggestions' functionality. See Field Settings for more information. |