Working with the Project Explorer

The Project Explorer view is used when you are working with visual projects. It lists in a tree structure each visual report or visual dashboard that you currently have open.

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As you add elements to your visual projects, each element is added to the Project Explorer tree as a folder. When you insert an object into your visual project, the object is also added to the Project Explorer tree as a folder. Depending on your element or object, additional folders are added.

The Project Explorer works in conjunction with the Visual Designer editor and the Properties view. When you select a visual project element from the Project Explorer all of the design objects that have been defined for the visual project element are displayed in the editor window and the properties for that element or selected object are displayed in the Properties view.

The Project Explorer allows you to copy, cut, and paste objects within a visual project or from one visual project to another. If you want to copy or cut multiple objects, make sure that all of them are stored within the same Project Explorer tree node. Objects from different nodes must be treated separately.

Each type of visual project includes different structural elements. Each visual report always includes the following high level folders:
  • Connections
  • Globals
  • Queries
  • Fixed pages
  • Main page
Each visual dashboard always includes the following high level folders:
  • Connections
  • Globals
  • Queries
  • Scenes

As you add design objects to your visual projects, additional folders representing those design elements are automatically added to the Project Explorer tree.