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Create Table (for Web Report and Library Component)

This wizard appears when you choose a table type and click OK in the Table Type dialog, or drag the desired table type button from the Components panel into a web report. It helps you to create a table in a web report/library component.

The wizard is different according to the following table types:

• Group Left, Group Above and Group Left Above
• Summary Table

For Group Left, Group Above and Group Left Above

The wizard consists of the following screens:

• Data
• Display
• Group
• Summary
• Filter
• Style

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes creating the table and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Data

Specifies the data source that you want to use to create the table.

Available data resources

Lists all the business views in the current catalog. Specify the one you want to use.

Display

Specifies the fields that you want to display in the table.

Title

Specifies the title of the table.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources. You can also create dynamic formulas to use in the table.

Adds the specified field to use in the table.

Removes the specified field that is not required in the table.

Moves the specified field one step up.

Moves the specified field one step down.

Display Fields

Lists the fields that have been selected to display in the table.

Display Name

Shows the display names of the selected fields. You can click the name cells to edit them if required.

Sort Fields By

Opens the Sort Fields By dialog to specify how to sort data in the table.

Group

Specifies the fields that you want to use to group the data.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources. You can also create dynamic formulas to use in the table.

Adds the selected field as the group-by field in the table.

Removes the selected group-by field that is not required.

Moves the specified group one step up.

Moves the specified group one step down.

Group By

Lists the fields that are used to group data in the table.

Sort

Specifies how groups at the specific group level will be sorted.

• Ascend
  Groups will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C).
• Descend
  Groups will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A).
• No Sort
  Groups will be sorted in the original order in database.
• Custom Sort
  Opens the Custom Sort dialog to set how groups will be sorted.

Select N

Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition.

Summary

Specifies the fields on which you want to create aggregate functions.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources. You can also create dynamic formulas and aggregations to use in the table.

Adds the selected field as the summary field to the table.

Removes the selected summary field that is not required.

Moves the specified summary field one step up.

Moves the specified summary field one step down.

Summarized Fields

Lists all the fields that you want to display and to be summarized in the table.

Position

Works together with the Column option to specify the location where the summary field will be put. Not available when the table type is Group Above.

• Header
  Specifies to put the summary field in the header panel. If the summary is calculated on a group-by field, it will be put in the group header panel of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the whole dataset, it will be put in the table header panel.
• Footer
  Specifies to put the summary field in the footer panel. If the summary is calculated on a group-by field, it will be put in the group footer panel of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the whole dataset, it will be put in the table footer panel.

Column

Works together with the Position option to specify the location where the summary field will be put. Not available when the table type is Group Above.

• Detail
  The summary field with its label will be put in in the first two detail columns.
• Summary
  The summary field will be displayed in a separate summary column.

Filter

Specifies to filter data displayed in the table.

The options in the screen are the same as those in the Edit Filter dialog.

Style

Specifies the style of the table.

Grow Report

Specifies the layout of the table.

• Vertically
  Creates a vertical table.

Style

Specifies the style of the table.

Preview

Displays the selected layout and style effects.

For Summary Table

The wizard consists of the following screens:

• Data
• Columns
• Summary
• Filter
• Style

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes creating the table and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Data

Specifies the data source that you want to use to create the table.

Available data resources

Lists all the business views in the current catalog. Specify the one you want to use.

Columns

Specifies the fields that you want to display in the table.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources. You can also create dynamic formulas and aggregations to use in the table.

Adds the specified field to use in the table.

Removes the specified field that is not required in the table.

Moves the specified field one step up.

Moves the specified field one step down.

Column

Lists the fields that have been selected to display in the table.

Sort

Specifies how groups at the specific group level will be sorted.

• Ascend
  Groups will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C).
• Descend
  Groups will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A).
• No Sort
  Groups will be sorted in the original order in database.
• Custom Sort
  Opens the Custom Sort dialog to set how groups will be sorted.

Select N

Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition.

Summary

Specifies to insert aggregations to the header/footer panels of the table and groups.

Resources

Displays the aggregations selected in the Columns screen.

Summarized Fields

Displays the group fields selected in the Columns screen under the Table node.

Header

Represents the table header or the group header of a specific group. After an aggregation is selected in the Resources box, you can select the checkboxes in the column to insert the aggregation in the corresponding header panels.

Footer

Represents the table footer or the group footer of a specific group. After an aggregation is selected in the Resources box, you can select the checkboxes in the column to insert the aggregation in the corresponding footer panels.

Filter

Specifies to filter data displayed in the table.

The options in the screen are the same as those in the Edit Filter dialog.

Style

Specifies the style of the table.

Grow Report

Specifies the layout of the table.

• Vertically
  Creates a vertical table.

Style

Specifies the style of the table.

Preview

Displays the selected layout and style effects.

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