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After you develop your XLCubed report in Excel, you can publish it to an XLCubed web server for sharing and consumption.
Prerequisites:
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Download the Web Edition installer
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Install the web server
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Apply the license file (download)
Steps:
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Make sure to save your report
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To begin the publication process, first, open the XLCubed report and select the Publish to Web ribbon item (or the XLCubed > Publish to Web menu option in Excel 2003 and below) in Excel. This will display the Publish dialog:
The dialog allows you to connect to an XLCubed Web Edition server and select where the current report should be published. The detailed steps are outlined below:
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Connect to the server you want to publish to:
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Enter the name of the XLCubed Web Edition server you want to connect to in the Web Site field. This will depend on how you have installed the XLCubed Web Edition software on your server.
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Click Connect, and if the connection is successful, the folders available on the server will be displayed on the right-hand side of the dialog (Folder to publish to).
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Enter the Report details:
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Type in the Name and Description that you want to give the report. The Name will appear in the Navigation tree view and on the report's tab. The Description will appear in the Repository on detail pages.
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Select where to publish:
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Navigate through the folders on the server to find the location you want by clicking on the tree on the right-hand side of the Publisher dialog. The report will be published in the folder that is currently highlighted.
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Existing reports are also shown in the tree. If an existing report is highlighted, XLCubed will attempt to replace it with the published report.
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Depending on how your Administrator has configured the XLCubed Web Server it is quite possible that although you may be able to see a folder, you may not have the required security privileges to actually write (publish) to that directory. If this is the case a message will be displayed informing you that publication was not possible and you must select a folder to which you do have write permission. Contact your System Administrator to discuss permissions further.
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Choose options:
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Check Web Compatibility allows XLCubed to check for some Excel features that are unsupported in XLCubed Web Edition.
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Display after Publish causes XLCubed to open the published report in your web browser when the publication process is finished.
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Publish:
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You can click the Preview button to allow you to view the report in a browser without permanently publishing it to the server. A new browser window is opened when this option is selected.
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Click the Publish button to publish the report to the server. On successful completion a message is displayed confirming that the report will now be available in XLCubed Web Edition's repository.
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Resources:
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Web Installation process: XLCubed Web Edition Installation Guide - XLCubedWiki
Samples:
These are 2 samples XLCubed published reports:
