Add a comment to a report in Desktop Viewer

You can add and respond to comments in any report to which you have access. Comments appear in the report and, optionally, in the Fact pane. If you have the role of designer or administrator, you can also copy comments from a previous report version into the current report version, which overwrites any existing comments.

Comments can be added to all user-defined financial dimension rows, calculation rows, and total rows.

This topic contains the following sections:

  • Add a comment to a report

  • Copy comments from a previous report version

  • Hide a comment

Add a comment to a report

  1. Open a report in Desktop Viewer.

  2. Right-click a row in the report on which to comment, and then click Add Comment.

  3. Type your comments in the Comment dialog box.

  4. Click OK. The comment is displayed in the fact pane. When you close your report, the comments are saved with it.

Copy comments from a previous report version

You can copy comments from an earlier version of a report to the current version. You must have the role of designer or administrator to copy comments, and the original author maintains ownership of the comments. Copying overwrites any comments in the current version.

  1. Open a report in Desktop Viewer.

  2. From the toolbar, click Copy Comments. The Report Versions dialog box opens.

  3. Select the version of a report that contains the comments that you want to copy.

  4. Click OK.

Hide a comment

You can hide comments that have been added to a report in Desktop Viewer. To hide comments, double-click the comment indicator.

To view hidden comments, close the report and open it again in Desktop Viewer.

See Also

Desktop Viewer