Unwired Accelerator enables you to create user-defined rules that alter the appearance and content for application elements that generate table-based content (such as a database element or a Web element that is captured as a grid). For example, you can use rules to filter unwanted records or fields, and to display column header information.
Additional rules allow you to add new records or fields, and alter record and field content. You can take existing content, for example, from a remote Web site or a database, and alter the presentation to a different format.
Grid rules provide more options for altering either
the layout or content of the original source data, without changing
the source. However, if the source is external or provided from
an application that cannot be changed, this functionality may not
work.
Variations on include rules enable you to include records or fields, but keep them hidden from view. You can use hidden records or fields to define events, and use the content of the hidden records or fields in calculations or in a visible column.
Grid rules may be useful in situations such as these:
Executive dashboard – create a concise financial report from general data. For example, use a Web page of financial report data that targets a wide audience as the source, create rules that eliminate unnecessary rows and columns, and add “bottom-line” information for an executive audience.
Aggregate data – create aggregate data from various raw data sources. For example, use raw data accessible in a database as the source, and create rules that combine and present the data in a form that is more useful to a particular audience.
Graphical presentation – create a chart or Flash presentation of data. For example, use an existing Web report as the source, and create rules that restructure the report for graphical presentation without manipulating the data. The grid rules provide flexibility for extracting data that can be used in the charting layer.
When defining grid rules, you should keep in mind that grid rules are processed by type, and in this sequence:
Split rules
Insert rules
Edit rules
Filter rules
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