Adding report objects

For a newly-created or existing report, if the corresponding catalog contains business/report cubes, then you can add labels, images, banded objects, tables, crosstabs, charts and special fields to the report. A JReport Live license is required to use this feature, if you do not have the license please talk to your Jinfonet account manager.

To add an object into a report:

1. On the Insert menu, click the command corresponding to the object you want to add.
2. Point to the destination where you want the object to be added, and then click the mouse button.
   • If you specify to add a label, a label will be inserted there. Edit the text of the label and format it according to your requirements.
   • If you specify to add an image, the Insert Image dialog will be displayed. Specify the source of the image as required (for details, see Insert Image dialog).
   • If you specify to add a banded object, table, crosstab, or chart, the corresponding report wizard will be displayed. Specify the settings in the wizard according to your requirements (for details, see the specific topic in Creating a report).

     Note: When the banded object, table, crosstab or chart is to be added into a banded object (for a chart, to a table also), by default, it will take on the style of its parent. However, if you want to apply another style to the banded object, table, crosstab or chart, uncheck the Inherit Style option in the Style screen of the report wizard and select the required style from the Style box instead.

   • If you specify to add a special field, the special field will be inserted there (for details about the usage of each special field, See Special fields in the JReport Designer User's Guide).

Alternatively, you can also use the Toolbox panel to add objects other than special field into a report by dragging them from the panel to the destination. However, in order to use the Toolbox panel to add components, you should make sure that this ad hoc feature is enabled in the specified DHTML feature profile. This setting can only be made by administrators.