Test the Burst Calculation

Next, to test the burst calculation: highlight the row(s) on your master report, to burst. Right click on the highlighted selection and select Burst selected rows.

The master report for our example is updated with the burst row results, payment amounts and check item number in our example. The sub-report shows the summary totals from that column’s burst. In our example we have Show target during run checked so we could compare the data in the sub-report to the column(s) added to the Master Burst.

Note

If the data field is not numeric, a count summary will show, e.g. Result column is for Do Ty’s it will count the number of documents for that level of grouping. If it is a numeric field, it will be a sum of the numeric values, e.g. Gross Amount of five vouchers totaling $2360.

On the sub-report window, select From Drilldown’s dropdown menu. To see what is being passed or not passed through from the master report to the sub-report, choose View filter. To disable these passed through filters, disable drilldown filter. To Unbind your sub-report from the master so you can change your filter criteria and choose Get Sample Data or Run, choose unbind.

Warning

Do not click Save on the unbound sub-report if you made changes that you do not wish to be saved. Once it is unbound, it is a standalone report to be overwritten with your changes.

Another concept to revisit is back inside the burst calculation. Reopen your burst calculation and look at the Which rows to burst option.

As discussed earlier in the manual, normally you should leave this set to auto detect. DAS will best select the choice based on the data at the time of query to optimize results. Refer to page 8 to review the advanced user options. There are cases where advanced users may want to override the system selection.