In Part I I introduced the concept of custom reports and how they are implemented in OSIS 2.6. In Part II I’ll outline the actual customization (ie., code content) of the report. The sample provided with osis 2.6 generates a Tag Cloud of the count of rooms per division. The larger the division text on [...]
Recently, while working on a feature for next release of OSIS I started thinking about how similar functionality could be achieved via existing versions of OSIS. In this case I am refering to the ability to add a quick pick type filter to an OSIS report. Here is what I came up with. Requirements OSIS 2.4 [...]
OSIS Direct Links (ODL) allow users to create specific URLs for every feature of the system. These ODLs can also include some additional parameters to further specify how the page should look and behave. The following is a list of URL parameters for reports. Note that these can be added to the end of the [...]
One of the most powerful features of OSIS is its use of such a flexible tool to display spatial information – MapGuide. While there is a ton to learn about this topic, I was doing a little playing around for an upcoming presentation and decided to share this little trick with you – it is [...]