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Banded Wizard

This wizard guides you through the process of creating a banded object. It contains the following screens:

Back

Returns to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Creates the banded object and closes the wizard.

Cancel

Closes the wizard without creating a banded object.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Data

Specifies the business view to use to create the banded object. This screen is hidden when there is only one business view in the current catalog.

Banded Wizard - Data screen

Available Data Resources

Lists all the available business views in the current catalog, with which you can create the banded object.

Display

Specifies the fields to be displayed in the banded object.

Banded Wizard - Display screen

Resources

Displays all the view elements in the selected business view. To add a view element to display in the banded object, select it and then click Add Item button.

Display Fields

Lists the view elements you have selected to display in the banded object. For an added view element which you do not want, select it and then click Remove Item button.

Display Name

Specifies the display names of the added view elements.

The downward order of the added elements determines the order of them displayed in the banded object from left to right. You can use the following two arrows to adjust the order.

Move Up button

Moves the selected view element one step up.

Move Down button

Moves the selected view element one step down.

Group

Specifies the fields to group the data in the banded object.

Banded Wizard - Group screen

Resources

Displays all the available group objects Group Object you can use to group the data in the banded object. To add a group object as a group field, select it and then click Add Item button.

Group By

Lists all the group objects that have been added as the group fields. To cancel a group from being a group field, select it and then click Remove Item button.

Sort

Specifies the sort order for each group: Ascend, Descend, or No Sort.

The downward order of the added group fields determines the order of the groups in the banded object from first to last. You can use the following two arrows to adjust the order.

Move Up button

Moves the selected group one step up.

Move Down button

Moves the selected group one step down.

Summary

Specifies summary fields that calculate data based on a group or on the whole banded object.

Banded Wizard - Summary screen

Resources

Displays all the available aggregation objects Aggregation Object that can be used as summary fields. Summary fields can be added into a group or for the whole banded object. To add into a group, first select the group field in the right panel, then select the desired aggregation object in the left panel and click Add Item button. To add for the whole banded object, first make sure no group field is selected, then select the desired aggregation and click Add Item button.

Summarized Fields

Lists the groups that have been created in the banded object and the aggregation objects you have added to summarize data in the groups and for the whole banded object.

To cancel an aggregation object from being added as a summary field, select it in the right panel and click Remove Item button.

Display Name

Specifies the display names of the aggregation objects.

Move Up button

Moves the selected aggregation object one step up.

Move Down button

Moves the selected aggregation object one step down.

Query Filter

Specifies the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.

Banded Wizard - Query Filter screen

In this screen, all the predefined filters of the business view are listed in the Query Filter drop-down list. You can choose one of them to apply. If you prefer to define a filter on your own, select User Defined from the drop-down list, and then define it according to your requirements.

If the selected business view contains parameters, you would be prompted with the Enter Parameter Values dialog to specify values to the parameters before the Query Filter screen is displayed.

For details about options in the screen, refer to Query Filter dialog.

Style

Specifies the style of the banded object. This screen is hidden when there is only one style available to be applied to the banded object.

Banded Wizard - Style screen

Style

Lists all the available styles for you to select from.

Inherit Style

Specifies to take the style of the parent component. The option is available only when you specify to insert the banded object into another banded object.

Preview

Shows a preview of the banded object in the selected style.

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