Link Impromptu Reports in Other Applications
You can link Impromptu reports in other applications so that whenever the report is run in Impromptu, the information in the other application is updated. For example, you include an Impromptu report that shows the most recent sales data in a sales analysis document. You create a link to the Impromptu report, and the linked report appears in the sales document exactly as it appears in Impromptu.
Steps
Within Impromptu, select the data items whose values you want to link to another application.
From the Edit menu, click Copy Special.
Click the Copy the Report Image option button.
Click Copy.
Within the target application, click Paste Special from the Edit menu.
Click the Paste Link option button.
In the As box, ensure that Impromptu Report Object type is selected and click OK.
The Impromptu report data is linked to the target application, so that the information in the target application changes with the report.
Note: It is not possible to fully document all of the methods for linking. Generally, applications that support OLE do so through commands such as
the Paste Special command in the Edit menu (copy either the Impromptu report image or report data using the Copy Special command)
the Object command in the Insert menu
the Insert Object command in the Edit menu
Tip: To quickly select the Impromptu report data you want to link, use the Select All command (Edit menu) before you copy the report data to the Clipboard.
