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Convert to Table

This dialog appears when you focus on a table and then click on the visualization toolbar. It helps you to convert a table to another table.

Table Title

Specifies a title for the table.

Specifies the font properties of the table 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 the business view in the current catalog on which the table will be built.

Filter

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

Table type drop-down menu

Specifies the type of the table. The tabs available in the dialog differ according to the selected table type. When a group table type is selected, you can define the table in the Details, Group and Summary tabs respectively; when the summary table type is selected, only the Columns tab is available.

• Group Above
  Creates a table with group information above the detail row.
• Group Left
  Creates a table with group information left to the detail row.
• Group Left Above
  Creates a table with group information left above the detail row.
• Summary Table
  Creates a table with only group and summary information.

Show All Fields/Show Used Fields

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

OK

Converts to the specified table 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.

The tabs are 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 dialog consists of the following tabs:

• Details
• Group
• Summary

Details

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

Resources

Displays all the view elements in the selected business view.

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 view element to be displayed in the table.

Removes the selected view element.

Field

Lists the view elements that have been added to the table.

Label

Specifies the display names for the added view elements.

Moves the selected view element one step up.

Moves the selected view element one step down.

Sort Field By

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

Group

Specifies the fields to group the data.

Resources

Displays all the available group objects you can use to group the data in the table.

Sorts the group objects 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.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for group objects. For the usage of the toolbar click here.

Adds the selected group object as a group field.

Removes the selected group object.

Field

Lists all the group objects that have been added as the group fields.

Sort

Specifies the sort order for groups at the specific group level.

• 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.

Moves the selected group one step up.

Moves the selected group one step down.

Summary

Specifies the fields on which to create summaries.

Resources

Displays all the available aggregation objects you can use to create summaries in the table.

Sorts the aggregation objects 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.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for aggregation objects. For the usage of the toolbar click here.

Adds the selected aggregation object as the summary field.

Removes the selected aggregation object.

Field

Lists the groups that have been added in the table and the aggregation objects added to summarize data in each group.

Row

Specifies to put the summary field in the header or footer row. If the summary is calculated on a group-by field, it will be put in the group header or footer row of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the whole dataset, it will be put in the table header or footer row. Available only when the table is Group Left type.

Column

Specifies to put the summary field in the specified detail column. If no column is selected, the summary field will be displayed in a separate summary column. Available only when the table is Group Left type.

Moves the selected aggregation object one step up.

Moves the selected aggregation object one step down.

For Summary Table

The dialog consists of the following tabs:

• Columns
• Summary

Columns

Specifies the fields to be displayed as the columns of the table.

Resources

Displays all the available group and aggregation objecs.

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.

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

Adds the selected view element to be displayed in the table.

Removes the selected view element.

Column

Lists the view elements that have been added to the table.

Sort

Specifies the sort order for groups at the specific group level.

• 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.

Moves the selected view element one step up.

Moves the selected view element one step down.

Summary

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

Resources

Displays the aggregations selected in the Columns tab.

Summarized Fields

Displays the group fields selected in the Columns tab 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 rows.

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 rows.

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