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Display a report in different view modes through URL API in MicroStrategy Web

The URL parameter report view mode in Microstartegy


  • visMode - the mode in which the document is displayed, e.g. 2 for Interactive
  • reportviewmode determines how reports are displayed in the view mode, e. g. 1 for grid mode.
&reportViewMode=1 (grid)
&reportViewMode=2 (graph)
&reportViewMode=3 (grid/graph) 
&visMode=0 (no visualization)
&visMode=51 (AJAX visualization)  <--- this and Flash (50) require that you setup a Custom Visualization in the report definition.&visMode=50 (Flash visualization). Make sure those modes are enabled in Document Properties.

Other parameters in the URL API



  • Webserver - name or IP address of the webserver 
  • Evt - event/action to be performed, e.g. 2048001 for running a document 
  • Src - web page component to perform the event 
  • documentID - document object ID to be executed 
The parameter to pass an answer to an element list prompt: 
  • elementsPromptAnswers=AttrID;AttrID:ElemID^ElemName 
  • AttrID - object ID of the prompted attribute 
  • ElemID - element ID of the attribute element used as prompt answer 
  • ElemName - description of the attribute element used as prompt answer

The URL parameter reportviewmode determines how reports are displayed in the view mode through the URL API in MicroStrategy Web 10.x. The following examples illustrate the URL parameter reportviewmode and the corresponding view of the report that will display:

When reportviewmode is set to 1, the report is displayed in grid mode:

When reportviewmode is set to 2, the report is displayed in graph mode:

When reportviewmode is set to 3, the report is displayed in grid/graph mode:


In MicroStrategy Web URL API, there is a parameter Vismode when running a report or a Report Services document. This parameter stands for the visualization type it uses. 
50 stands for flash type visualization which includes the following visualizations:
  • Image Sample
  • Sparkline on Image
  • Product Revenue Analysis
  • Sales Dashboard
  • Media Visualization
  • TV Visualization
  • Simple Dashboard
  • Custom Product Analysis Scorecard
  • Auto Play with Line Series
  • Custom Color Coded Grid
  • Chart within Crosstab Grid Cells Visualization
  • Adding Series on the Fly to a Chart
  • Grid showing Graphs Aligned in rows
  • Multi Control Visualization
  • Link Sample
  • WhatIf Control
  • Fish Eye Selector
  • Funnel
  • Gauge
  • Bubble Grid
  • Interactive Bubble
  • Data Cloud
  • Graph Matrix
  • Heat Map
  • Media
  • Microcharts
  • RSS Reader
  • Waterfall
  • Weighted List Viewer
  • Date Selection
  • Simple Grid
  • SimpleGridDoc
  • Area Mashup
  • Marker Mashup
51 stands for Ajax type visualization which includes the following visualizations:
  • Timeline
  • USA Map
  • Store Layout
  • Google Graph Visualization
  • Image Map
  • Line Chart
0 means no visualization. Vismode is not necessary to include in URL when running a report or a Report Services document. The report will use the default view of visualization.

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