Table Wizard

This wizard is displayed after you right-click a table and then click Table Wizard from the shortcut menu. It helps you to bind/change data or dataset and specify/modify the grouping criteria of the table.

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 the setting and closes this wizard.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this wizard.

Help

Displays this help document.

Data screen

Indicates the dataset used by the table. You can specify a new dataset for the table. See the screen.

Define a dataset for the object

Indicates the dataset used by the table.

• New
  If checked, select a data source from the catalog resources to create a dataset that will be used to build the table. 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 table. 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 table.

Display screen

Indicates the data fields of the table. You can change them. See the screen.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Adds the specified field to use in the table.

Removes the specified field that is not required in the table.

Replaces the unmatched field in the table with the specified field in the Resources panel.

Display Fields

Lists the fields that you have selected to display in the table.

If you have specified a new dataset and some existing fields in the table 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 table.

Group screen

Indicates the fields that are used to group the data in the table. You can change the fields. See the screen.

Resources

Lists all the available data resources.

Adds the selected field as the group by field in the table.

Removes the selected group by field that is not required.

Replaces the unmatched group by field in the table 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 table.

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

Indicates the style of the table. You can apply another style to the table. 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 table.

Inherit Style

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