Selecting or updating context variables from the report editor
Before you begin
- You have selected the Profiling perspective.
- At least one context connection has been created and saved in the Talend Studio repository.
About this task
From the Context view in the report editor in the
Profiling
perspective, you can:
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To select context variables from the Talend Studio repository, even if you have not exported the data mart settings as a context from the Preferences window, click Manage variables.
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To define context variables from scratch, click the [+] button at the top left corner view.
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To configure context environments for the report, click Manage environments at the top right corner of the view.
For further information about contexts and their variables, see Using contexts and variables.
To change the context connection for a report from the report editor, do the following:
Procedure
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Click OK.
The variables of the selected context connections are listed in the Context view and in the Context Settings view.
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If required, you can modify any context variable by clicking the value you want to
modify in the Context view.
Context values are modified accordingly in the report editor but these updates are not propagated to the context group in the repository. You can run only the current report with the new context values.