Some pre-defined methods are stand-alone methods--that is, they cannot be combined with fields or methods that are not in the stand-alone method. These stand-alone methods typically contain complex processing that falls outside of the scope of basic Dynamic Template Designer functionality. If you use fields from a stand-alone method in a Dynamic Template, no other methods or fields can be added to the template.

A stand-alone method enables you to build a SQL query that can be used in a Dynamic Template; therefore, SQL knowledge is required to author a stand-alone method.

Stand-alone methods are not associated with an enterprise object, but with specific products, such as backup products.

To determine if a pre-defined method is a stand-alone method, view/edit the method and note that the JOIN clause is null.

For Line Charts, if the template uses a stand-alone method, the Top/Bottom scope selector component is not supported.