Following are the control maintenance records, authorization keys, and other system requirements used for setting up Eclipse Reports.
Note: Users cannot view any categories or report sources for companion products for which they do not have permission. If your company does not have a companion product, those categories and report sources do not display.
Review the following items for setting up Eclipse Reports:
Default E-Mail From Name - Enter the name with which to populate the From field any time an e-mail is created. For example, enter webmaster@mycompany.com. This can be removed and replaced at the e-mail level. The system checks the user's default e-mail in User Maintenance first. If no e-mail is listed, the system uses this control maintenance record. If this control maintenance record is blank, the system uses EclipseReports@doNotReply.com.
File System For Eclipse Reports - Use to identify where the system should store your reports. The path you enter in this control maintenance record displays on the Admin page. To view the current path for the storage location, click Admin at the top of the Eclipse Reports application. The path is listed in the Partition Location field under the System Stats area.
Note: This path is identified at the time of installation or at upgrade. Consult Eclipse Support before changing this path.
Allow ODBC Access For Eclipse Reports - Use to allow access to the core report files and manage them in an ODBC editor. This is the first step to using the ODBC files in a third-party interface. For more information about ODBC setup, see Configuring Your System to Access ODBC Files.
REPORTER.ADMIN - Assign to users so they are authorized to stop reports and grant authorization to data, but do not have super user status.
REPORTER.EDIT - Assign to users so they can view, create, and edit reports. In addition, this gives permission to use export options.
REPORTER.VIEW - Assign to users so they can view reports.
Eclipse Reports runs successfully on all major browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox. You may need to update your browser's trusted sites information.
Note: We recommend keeping your browser version up to date when for the best experience.
To make sure that reports open in minimum viewable area and that the Create Report wizard can be viewed correctly, set your computer monitor resolution to a minimum of 1027 x 768.
Use your monitor's property settings, to make sure you have the minimum setup. Generally, you can access these setting by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Properties, then select the Settings tab.
To make sure that your reports open in their respective applications, use the Preferences settings to set the application file extensions. Enter the file extension in the extension column then define the program to be used. You can browse for these files and will be found under c:\Program Files during the setup.
Note: A list of your files extensions can be found on your computer. From Start, go to your Control Panel > Folder Options > File Types.
To set your file extension preferences:
Launch Solar Eclipse.
From the File menu, select Preferences.
Enter .xls, .iqy, and .csv in the Extensions column.
In the File to Open column enter the path to open Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program.
Click Advanced.
Select Confirm open after download and click OK.
Eclipse Reports uses an Eclipse license when running. However, if you access Eclipse Reports through the Reports > Eclipse Reports menu in Solar Eclipse, the system uses the same license that you used to open Solar Eclipse to run Eclipse Reports.
If you access Eclipse Reports through your web browser independently of Solar Eclipse, the system uses a new license.
The IBM UniVerse ODBC driver should be installed with your version of UniVerse. If you need to install it and you do not have the original UniVerse disc, you can download it from the UniVerse web site or from the customer web site for Eclipse:
UniVerse link
Eclipse link
For more information about manipulating ODBC files, see Configuring Your System to Access ODBC Report Files.