Active
Property that determines whether the report is accessible in the application.
Business Tier
Also called the application server. Acts as the go-between for the web server and database. It contains the business logic.
Checkbox
Control that allows the user to indicate a record state is true or not true.
Checkbox List
Control that allows the user to select one or more options from a list.
Control
Form element that the user can see or interact with, such as a field or button.
Control Type
Property of a control that determines how the user interacts with it. Applied to fields, it determines how the user enters information: textbox, drop down, etc.
Compare Validator
Checks if the user has entered invalid data into the control based on the defined data type or another control's entered value.
Description
Text that displays in the Select Report drop down on the Reports screen.
Drop Down
Control that allows the user to choose one value from a list.
Entity
S3 file that contains XML properties for queries, methods, column properties, object properties, parent/child relationships, field constraints, rules, etc.
Entity Attributes
Displays the objects you can use to configure the object you have open or are creating in S3.
Entity Field
Displays the entity from which you can select and add the fields.
Label
Read-only text. In a panel or tab, it identifies the adjacent control. In a grid, it expresses a table column value.
Literal
Read-only text that cannot be formatted.
Metadata Cache
Represents XML files the application needs to access often.
Method
Set of instructions the application uses to create the report's dataset if the report is based on a method.
Node
In ASP.net, either a page in the website (if it contains a URL) or a hierarchy in the website (if it contains a description).
Query
Set of SQL instructions the application uses to create the report's dataset if the report is based on a query.
Radio Button List
Control that allows the user to select only one state as true.
Rdlc
Report Definition Language Client. One of two required Visual Studio files before starting any report wizard.
Remote Object
Server object the business tier uses to call the logic in the hosted C# business objects in the absence of a form object.
Report Category
Identifies the Web.sitemap node to place the report in.
Report ID
Programmatic ID of the report that corresponds to the rdlc file it uses.
Report Name
Rdlc file the report uses.
Required Field Validator
Control that requires the user to enter a value in the control to validate in order to execute a button's method.
Resource
Security ID that determines who can access the report.
Rpt
Report. Nomenclature for a report XML file in S3. Example: rptAddressChange.
Site Map
ASP.net file that describes the structure of the website. It includes all menu items, sub menu items, and the pages they open.
SrvReports
Remote object in the business tier that hosts all report methods.
Type
Identifies whether the report is based on a query or method.
Xsd
XML Schema Definition. One of two required Visual Studio files before starting any report wizard.
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