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Table Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Table object.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property Name Available For Description
General
Class Type Query Page Report Shows the class type of the object. Read only.
Data Inherit Query Page Report Shows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. Read only.
Dataset Query Page Report Shows the dataset the object applies. Read only.
Instance Name Query Page Report Shows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Geometry
Height Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float

Width Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float

X Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.

Data type: Float
Y Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the vertical coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.

Data type: Float
Color
Background Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String
Alternating Line Color
Include Header and Footer Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to apply alternating color to the footer, group headers, and group footers of the table. Default (the property being "true") is to apply alternating color to all table rows except the table header. When you set this property to "false", the alternating color applies to the table detail rows only.

Data type: Boolean
Pattern List Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the patterns for the alternating color you want to apply to the table rows. Select the ellipsis Ellipsis button in the value cell to specify the color patterns in the Color List dialog box.

Data type: String
Show Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to apply alternating color to the table rows. Alternating color works as background color, so it overwrites the table row's own background color.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon To apply alternating color to merged cells in group tables, you also need to set the background color of the merged cells to that of the alternating color.
CSS
Class Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the name of the Class Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies.

For example, if you define the CSS file as follows:

@charset "GBK";
TextField {Background: #ff0000}
/*Style=LabelX*/
TextField[Style="LabelX"]{Background: #0000FF}
/*ID=W*/
TextField#W{Background: #FFFF00}
/*class=C*/
TextField.C{Background: #00FFFF}

To apply the Class Selector in the file to the object, type C in the value cell.

Data type: String
Style Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the style you want to apply to the object. You can specify the style in two ways:
  • Type the style which should be an Attribute Selector whose attribute is "style" in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the style in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type LabelX in the value cell.
  • Choose a style from the drop-down list when you have specified the Style Group property for the report tab or web report, and there are styles in the style group that are applicable to the object.

Data type: String
Others
Auto Expands Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to expand objects in the table to their empty neighboring cells horizontally when the actual size of the objects is bigger than the cells containing them because of no enough column or page width for auto fitting. This property requires that the Auto Fit property of the objects is also "true".

Data type: Boolean

Note icon This property does not apply to horizontal tables.
Auto Scale in Number Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to automatically scale the Number values in the object that fall into the two ranges:
  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
  • When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.

Data type: Boolean
Cache Query Page Report Specifies whether to cache the dataset for this object in the data buffer, so that other objects using the same dataset can share the data rather than perform their own SQL query.

Data type: Boolean
Default for Filter Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to display the object as the default data component in the Apply To drop-down list of the Filter dialog box at runtime.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon In the same report, you can only set one data component's Default for Filter property to "true".
Enable Navigation Web Report Specifies whether to display a page navigation bar below the table at runtime when it has more than one page. When you set this property to "true", you can further specify the height and width of the table pages via Navigation Height and Navigation Width.

Data type: Boolean

Export to CSV Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object when you preview the report in the Page Report Result format for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report in the same format or use the library component at runtime.

Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Text Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output.

Data type: Boolean
Export to XML Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output.

Data type: Boolean
Horizontal Query Page Report Specifies whether to show the table in horizontal style.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to hide the object in the design area and in the report. Report Engine performs all calculations that involve the object regardless of whether the object is visible or not.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible for Filter Dialogs Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to display the object in the Apply To drop-down list of the Filter dialog box at runtime. Designer disables this property when you set Default for Filter of the object to "true".

Data type: Boolean
Navigation Height Web Report, Library Component Specifies the height of the table pages. Type a numeric value to change the height. If you do not specify a value, Report Engine calculates the height at runtime.

Data type: Float

Note icon

  • For a table in a web report, this property takes effect when you set Enable Navigation of the table to "true".
  • If users resize the table at runtime, Report Engine resets this property to the resized value.
Navigation Width Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width of the table pages. Type a numeric value to change the width. If you do not specify a value, Report Engine calculates the width at runtime.

Data type: Float

Note icon

  • For a table in a web report, this property takes effect when you set Enable Navigation of the table to "true".
  • If users resize the table at runtime, Report Engine resets this property to the resized value.
Position Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Designer enables this property when the object is in a flow layout container, such as the report body or a tabular cell, text box, or KPI. You can use it to specify the position of the object in the container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Record Location Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the calculation point for the properties of the object that are controlled by formulas. This property takes effect only when the object is in a banded object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • default
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the default location where the object is placed.
  • page header
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page header panel.
  • page footer
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page footer panel.

See Example 2: Showing a Label on Every Page Except the Last.

Data type: Enumeration

Split Overflow Columns Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to display a big table with many columns on multiple pages when one page cannot hold all the table columns, instead of cutting the overflow columns off - the default behavior (the property being "false").

When you set this property to "true", the table containing overflow columns on subsequent pages inherits the same Y value in its container, so that it keeps the same number of records as the table in the original page. However, its X value is reset to 0 for both static and absolute positions so as to show as many columns as possible. The height of each table row for overflow columns is the same as the corresponding row height in the original page.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to suppress the object in the design area and in the report. If you suppress an object, Report Engine skips all formulas and calculations that involve the object. This property has higher priority over Invisible.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress When Empty Query Page Report Specifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to it.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component.

Data type: Boolean
Border
Border Color Page Report, Web Report, Library Component

Specifies the color for the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String

Border Thickness Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float
Bottom Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Left Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Right Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Top Line Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
TOC
Anchor Display Value Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the text you want to display as the object's TOC entry label, when you set the object's TOC Anchor property to "true".

Data type: String
TOC Anchor Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the TOC of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector Query Page Report Specifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output.

Data type: String
External ID Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
External Style Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute style, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String
Summary Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute summary, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

Note icon For the Table object in web reports and library components, Report Engine can only render the properties that are available in the Web Report Studio Inspector panel at runtime.

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