Banded Object Wizard

This wizard is displayed when you right-click a banded object and then click Banded Object Wizard on the shortcut menu. It helps you to bind/change data or dataset and specify/modify the grouping conditions of the banded object.

The wizard consists of the following screens:

• Data screen
• Display screen
• Group screen
• Style screen

Back

Goes back to the previous screen.

Next

Goes to the next screen.

Finish

Finishes creating the standard banded report and closes this wizard.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this wizard.

Help

Displays this help document.

Data screen

Shows the dataset used by the banded object. You can specify a new dataset for the banded object. See the screen.

Define a dataset for the object

Indicates the dataset used by the banded object.

• New
  If checked, select a data source from the catalog resources to create a dataset that will be used to build the banded object. When you choose to create the dataset from a query, you can click the Modify button to edit the query in the Query Editor if required.
• Existing
  If checked, select a dataset from the ones existing in the opened report set to create the banded object. Click the Modify button to edit the dataset in the Dataset Editor if required.
• Current
  If checked, the current dataset used by the parent object will be applied to the banded object.

Display screen

Shows the data fields displayed in the banded object. You can change them. See the screen.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Adds the specified field to use in the banded object.

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

Replaces the unmatched field in the banded object with the specified field in the Resources panel.

Display Fields

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

If you have specified a new dataset and some existing fields in the banded object cannot match it, they will be marked with a red cross icon. You can select another fields from the new dataset to replace them.

Display Name

Shows the display names of the selected fields. You can double-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 screen

Shows the fields that are used to group data in the banded object. You can change the groups. See the screen.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

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

Removes the selected group by field that is not required.

Replaces the unmatched group by field in the banded object with the specified field in the Resources panel.

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 banded object.

If you have specified a new dataset and some existing fields in the banded object cannot match it, they will be marked with a red cross icon. You can select another fields from the new dataset to replace them.

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.
• Special Group
  Opens the User Defined Group dialog to define grouping information.

  For example, if you placed a field named Region for grouping, and this field contains all 50 states of the United States; and if you want to see the data between Maryland (MD) and New York (NY), you can define the criteria by selecting the between operator to further define your grouping information.

• Sort Group by
  Opens the Sort Group by dialog to set how groups 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.

Sort Group by

Specifies how to sort the groups. Activated only when you have clicked Sort Group by 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.

Style screen

Specifies the style of the banded object. See the screen.

Style

Lists the available styles.

• <Custom>
  There is no any style information on it and it is only used to cover previous-version report which did not bind any style or the bound style cannot be found in the style list.

Preview

Displays a diagram illustrating the effect of the selected style on the banded object.

Inherit Style

Specifies whether to make the banded object take the style of its parent. Available only when the banded object is inserted into another banded object.