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Mailing Label Wizard

This wizard appears when you select the Mailing Label layout in the Select Component for Page Report Tab dialog or Select Component for Page Report dialog and then click OK. It helps you to create a page report with a cross banded object in it, which is in the form of a mailing label layout, and consists of the following screens.

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes creating the mailing label report and closes this wizard.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this wizard.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Data

Specifies the dataset used to create the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Data screen

Resource box

Lists the available data resources in the current catalog. Select one to create the banded object.

More Options/Less Options

Shows or hides the dataset selection panel to choose a dataset for the banded object.

Display

Specifies the data fields displayed in the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Display screen

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Add button

Adds the specified field to use in the banded object.

Remove button

Removes the specified field that is not required in the banded object.

Move Up button

Moves the specified field one step up.

Move Down button

Moves the specified field one step down.

Display Fields

Lists the fields that have been selected to display in the banded object.

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 banded object.

Group

Specifies the fields to group data in the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Group screen

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Add button

Adds the selected field as the group-by field in the banded object.

Remove button

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

Move Up button

Moves the specified group one step up.

Move Down button

Moves the specified group one step down.

Group By

Lists the fields that are used to group data in the banded object.

Sort

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

Special Function

If the group-by field is of Numeric/String/Date/Time type, you can select a special function for the field in the Special Function column to further specify to which level the data will be grouped by.

If Customize is selected, the Customized Function dialog will be displayed, in which you can set the function by your own.

Custom Sort

Specifies how to sort the groups. Activated only when you have clicked Custom Sort from the Sort column to define the sorting manner of groups for the selected group level.

Special Group

Specifies how to group your information. Activated only when you have clicked Special Group from the Sort column to define a special group.

Select N

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

Group Filter

Opens the Group Filter dialog to specify the group filter condition.

Summary

Specifies the fields on which to create aggregate functions.

Mailing Label Wizard - Summary screen

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Add button

Adds the selected field as the summary field to the banded object.

Remove button

Removes the selected summary field that is not required.

Move Up button

Moves the specified summary field one step up.

Move Down button

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 banded object.

Aggregate Function

Specifies the function to summarize the selected field.

Break Field

Displays a defined field on which the summary will be calculated. If a summary field is added below the Banded Object node, the break field is null and the summary will be calculated on the whole dataset.

Chart

Specifies to create a chart together with the banded object, which will be placed in the banded header panel. This screen is available only when there is at least one group-by field and one summary field which is calculated on this group-by field in the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Chart screen

No Chart

Specifies not to create a chart.

Bar Chart

Specifies to create a Clustered Bar 2-D chart together with the banded object.

Line Chart

Specifies to create a Line 2-D chart together with the banded object.

Pie Chart

Specifies to create a Clustered Pie chart together with the banded object.

Category

Lists the group-by fields of the banded object on which the summary fields are calculated. Choose the field you want to display on the category (X) axis of the chart from the drop-down list.

Series

Lists the fields that have been added as the group-by fields of the banded object. Choose the field you want to display on the series (Z) axis of the chart from the drop-down list.

Show Values

Lists the summary fields which are calculated based on the field you choose to display on the category axis of the chart. Choose the value you want to display in the chart from the drop-down list.

Filter

Specifies to filter data displayed in the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Filter screen

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

Layout

Specifies the layout of the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Layout screen

Label Size

Specifies the size for the labels in the banded object.

Gap Between Labels

Specifies the gap between each two labels.

Preview

Displays the selected layout for the label.

Style

Specifies the style of the banded object.

Mailing Label Wizard - Style screen

Style

Specifies the style of the banded object.

Preview

Displays the selected style effects.

Create a Banded Report

Creates a restricted version of a flow layout report, one that can contain a single banded object only. This layout option is intended to provide compatibility with JReport Version 7 report templates.

Create a Flow Layout Report Containing a Banded Object

Creates a report that contains a banded object mapped to the specified dataset. This layout option is specified by default.

Page Setup

Opens the Page Setup dialog to specify page properties.

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