Links may not function; however, this content may be relevant to outdated versions of the product.
How to provide a SmartInfo display from a row of a report definition rule
Summary
A SmartInfo details display provides additional information about a row in a Report Definition report. You create a section rule to display the information; the section rule appears in a pop-up window when you click the information icon () at the beginning of the row.
This article explains how to add a SmartInfo details display to a row of a report that is defined by a report definition rule.
This article presents SmartInfo facilities for report definition rules. To use SmartInfo with list view rules, see How to add SmartInfo display for a row of a report and How to enable a SmartInfo details display on report rows.
Suggested Approach
- Create an activity that uses the Show-Stream method to display the contents of a section rule that contains the SmartInfo details. For instructions about enabling a SmartInfo details display, see How to enable a SmartInfo details display on report rows. The figure shows an example of a section rule.
- Create or edit a report definition rule.
- Open the User Interactions tab.
- In the SmartInfo section
- Enable the Enable Smart info? check box.
- Enter text to appear in the header of the pop-up window.
- In the Content field, specify the activity that renders the HTML text. If the Applies To class of the report is derived from the Assign- base class, you can reference the standard activity Assign-.getWorkItemSmartInfo, as in this example. (For the instructions on the activity, see How to enable a SmartInfo details display on report rows.)
- Click the (
) Save toolbar button.
- Click the (
) Run toolbar button. The view displays the report with an "i" (
) on the left side of each row. Click the (
) to display or hide the SmartInfo information.