Editing the Report Summary Layout

When you generate a report from a Tabular or MultiTab view, you can specify some options that affect the appearance of the report data columns. To generate a customized report from a tabular dive window:

  1. Click the Report icon Report icon..

    The Default Report dialog box opens.

  2. Click Edit Summary Layout.

    The Edit Summary Layout Closeddialog box opens.

    Edit summary layout dialog box.

Row labels are useful when using the summary stack option.

  1. On the upper left, select Include Row Labels.

  2. Click Add for each row Closedlabel that you want to include.

    Include row labels option showing default labels.

    Default row labels appear in the box under Include Row Labels in the format Row-X.

  3. Double-click a row label to edit the label or change its Closedstyle.

    Select Label Style dialog box.

  4. Click OK.

  1. Double-click the column heading Closedlabel of the column you want to edit.

    Column heading labels.

    The Edit Format Closeddialog box opens.

    Edit format dialog box for columns.

  2. Change the column format as needed.

  3. Click OK.

  1. For the column that you want to change, click <Column Names>.

    Column positions and edit labels.

  2. The Select Label Style Closeddialog box opens.

    Select label style dialog box.

  3. Add a text label or select a label style.

    Your selection replaces <Column Names>.

  4. Click OK.

To change the way that the data is stacked, select an option from the Default Stacking list.

To change the order in which the columns appear, click and hold the column heading name and drag it to a new position.

TIP: To prevent columns from appearing in the report, you can drag them to the Hidden Columns box in the lower half of the Edit Summary Layout dialog box.

The following example shows a report with some of the Edit Summary Layout options applied.

Sample Report.

Next:

Return to the Default Report dialog box to complete the report. See Setting Report Attributes.

See also Generating a Report.