This page describes a part of the Mobile Dashboard's process for configuring reports. For an introduction to the report configuration process, see Section 5.1, “Introduction To Report Configuration”. For an example of how a report can be configured, see Section 5.28, “Report Configuration Example”. For a general introduction to the online help manual, see Section 1.1, “Mobile Dashboard Online Help Manual Overview”.

Abbreviations enable long text strings in the row and column headers to be replaced by shorter strings so they take less room on the small mobile device screens. To create an abbreviation, select a row or column headers cell within the spreadsheet or type in a text string into the Long Name field. Then enter the abbreviation string in the Abbreviation text box. Be sure to click on Add/Change to save the abbreviation. The long name and the abbreviated text then appear in the Abbreviations table. You can also remove an abbreviation by selecting it in the table and clicking on Clear.

Abbreviations are principally for text existing in a single spreadsheet cell. A complete match is required to enable an abbreviation to occur. The long name needs match the entire text in a spreadsheet cell. The Mobile Dashboard does not match partial strings. If you want the long name text match to stretch over two cells (e.g., to abbreviate a column header spanning two cells), you'll need to concatenate the two cells' values (with a space between them) in the long name text field. Be sure there are no other spaces in the two cells as the Mobile Dashboard will look for exact matches for the long name.

When you've finished providing abbreviations, you will likely be finished configuring a report. If the Finish is grayed out, then you are not yet finished, since there are agenda items that still need to be completed. Go to those items and complete them. Finish will then allow you to complete the report configuration activity. At that point, you will likely need to select recipients for the report (Section 5.26, “Select Recipients”). If all the report creation/editing agenda items are completed, then Finish completes the entire report creation or editing activity.

When you are completely finished with all other activities, you can then review all your changes/additions and deploy your changes (Section 2.3, “Review and Deploy Changes”).