Customizing Worksheets by Using the Visual Basic for Applications Toolkit in Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office,

Fusion Edition 11.1.2

Purpose
This tutorial covers customizing Smart View worksheets by using the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) toolkit.

Time to Complete
Approximately 40 minutes.

Overview
This tutorial introduces the VBA toolkit for Smart View. Smart View enables you to customize and automate common tasks by using VBA functions. The menu equivalents are Visual Basic functions that execute the Hyperion menu commands. In this tutorial, you use the VBA toolkit to create buttons on a Smart View worksheet. The buttons connect to, and disconnect from, a data source.

Scenario
Your users asked you, a Smart View administrator, to create an easy way for them to connect to, and disconnect from, their most common applications.

Software and Hardware Requirements

The following is a list of software requirements:

Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition 11.1.2

Prerequisites
Before starting this tutorial, you should: 1. Have an existing connection to a data source in Smart View (Reports is used in the tutorial.) 2. Know the user name and password of the user who connects to the data source

Importing the Resources File

Before you can use Visual Basic functions in an Excel project, you must declare them in a module. A declaration outlines the necessary elements of the function so that Visual Basic can run it. You can declare only those functions that you plan to use, or you can declare all functions. In this topic, you declare all VBA functions by importing the smartview.bas file. 1. In Excel, click the Office button, select Excel Options, and under Popular, check Show Developer tab in the Ribbon.

The Developer tab is displayed in Excel.

2. In Excel, on the Developer tab, click Visual Basic.

Visual Basic Editor opens in a separate window within Excel.

3. Select File > Import File.

4. Select c:\oracle\SmartView\Bin\smartview.bas, and click Open to import the file.

This file contains all Smart View VBA functions. By importing it, you are declaring all functions ready for use. You can also declare only those functions that you will use by deleting unused functions in the .BAS file.

Adding VBA Procedures

In this topic, you create a VBA module and add "connect" and "disconnect " procedures to the module. 1. In VBA Editor, select Insert > Module.

2. Select Insert > Procedure.

3. In the Add Procedure dialog box, perform these actions: a. b. c. In the Name box, enter ConnectReports. (You can substitute the name of your application for "Reports.") Under Type, select Sub. Click OK.

A sub procedure is created.

4. Within the sub procedure, enter x=HypConnect("SheetName","Username","Password","Connection").

Sheetname is the name of the worksheet to operate on. Username is the name of a valid user for the data source provider. Password is the password for this user. Connection is the connection name of the data source.

5. Select Insert > Procedure.

6. In the Add Procedure dialog box, perform these actions: a. b. c. In the Name box, enter DisconnectReports. (You can substitute the name of your application for "Reports.") Under Type, select Sub. Click OK.

7. Within the sub procedure, enter x=HypDisConnect("SheetName",True). Sheetname is the name of the worksheet to operate on.

The Disconnect function is declared.

8. Select File > Close and Return to Microsoft Excel.

Adding Macro Buttons

In this topic, you create Connect and Disconnect buttons within Excel, and you assign them the VBA functions that you created. 1. In Excel, select the Smart View tab, and click Open > Smart View Panel.

The Smart View panel is displayed.

2. If any connections are active, select the active connection, and click Disconnect to close it. Click X to close the Smart View panel.

3. In Excel, select the Developer tab.

4. On the Developer tab, click Insert, and select the Button icon.

5. Place the crosshairs in the grid, and drag to draw a button.

The Assign Macro dialog box is displayed.

6. Select the ConnectReports function, and click OK.

You are returned to the worksheet.

7. Select the button text, and enter Connect to Reports.

8. Repeat steps 4, 5, and 6 to create another button and assign the DisconnectReports function to it.

9. Select the button text, and enter Disconnect Reports.

10. Click the Connect to Reports button.

11. On the Smart View tab, click Open > Active Connections to verify that you are connected to the data source.

12. Click the Disconnect Reports button.

13. On the Smart View tab, select Open > Active Connections to verify that you are disconnected from the data source.

You have completed the tutorial.

Summary
In this tutorial, you learned how to:

Import the Smartview.bas file to declare VBA functions Create a VBA module and add VBA procedures Assign VBA functions to buttons