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Convert to Crosstab

The dialog appears when you focus on a table or a chart and then click on the visualization toolbar but the data fields in the table or chart are not enough for a crosstab. It helps you to convert a table or chart to a crosstab.

Crosstab Title

Specifies a title for the crosstab.

Specifies the font properties of the crosstab title.

• Font
  Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the title.
• Font Style
  Specifies the font style of the title. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Size
  Specifies the font size of the title.
• Align
  Specifies the position of the title to be left, right, center or justify.
• Font Color
  Specifies the font color of the title.
• Background Color
  Specifies the background color of the title.
• OK
  Applies the changes.
• Cancel
  Cancels the changes.

Data Source

Specifies a business view on which the crosstab will be built from the Data Source drop-down list.

Filter

Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.

Resources

Displays the elements in the selected business view.

Show All Fields/Show Used Fields

Specifies to show all the business view elements or only the ones used in the current data component in the Resources box. Not available when you select another business view to convert to crosstab with.

Sorts the view elements in the specified order from the drop-down list. Once a user changes the order, it will be applied to all the resource trees where business view elements are listed for this user.

• Predefined Order
  Sorts the view elements in the order defined in the Business View Editor on JReport Designer.
• Resource Types
  Sorts the view elements by resource type, namely category objects come first, then group objects, then aggregation objects, and at last detail objects.
• Alphabetical Order
  Sorts the view elements in alphabetical order. Elements that are not in any category will be sorted first, then the categories, and the elements in each category will also be sorted alphabetically.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for view elements. For the usage of the toolbar click here.

Adds the selected group object to be displayed in the columns of the crosstab.

Adds the selected group object to be displayed in the rows of the crosstab.

Adds the selected aggregation object or detail object to be the summary field of the crosstab.

Columns/Rows

• Field
  Lists the group objects that will be displayed in the columns/rows of the crosstab.
• Label
  Specifies the display names for the selected group objects. You can click in the cells to edit them if required.
• Sort
  Specifies the sort order of the group objects.

Summaries

• Field
  Lists the objects that you select to create summaries.
• Label
  Specifies the display names for the selected objects. You can click in the cells to edit them if required.
• Aggregation
  Specifies the functions used to summarize data of the selected detail objects.
• Comparison Function
  Opens the Comparison Function dialog to add a comparison function as an aggregate for the crosstab.

Moves the selected view element one level up.

Moves the selected view element one level down.

Removes the selected resource.

OK

Converts to the specified crosstab and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the conversion and closes the dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

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