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Banded Panel Properties

You can use the Banded Panel Properties dialog box to update the properties of a banded panel in a web report. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a banded panel and select Properties from the shortcut menu.

This topic contains the following sections:

You see these elements on all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the banded panel.

Banded Panel Properties dialog box - General tab

Name

Specify the display name of the panel.

Show NLS Value

Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.

Width

Specify the width of the panel in inches.

Height

Specify the height of the panel in inches.

Background

Specify the background color of the panel.

To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.

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Border Tab Properties

Specify the border properties of the banded panel.

Banded Panel Properties dialog box - Border tab

Color

Specify the border color.

Width

Specify the border width in inches.

Top Line

Select the style of the top border line.

Bottom Line

Select the style of the bottom border line.

Left Line

Select the style of the left border line.

Right Line

Select the style of the right border line.

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Export Tab Properties

Configure the export settings.

Banded Panel Properties dialog box - Export tab

Export to CSV

Select if you want to include the object in the Text output with Delimited Format.

Export to Excel

Select if you want to include the object in the Excel output.

Export to HTML

Select if you want to include the object in the HTML output.

Export to PDF

Select if you want to include the object in the PDF output.

Export to PostScript

Select if you want to include the object in the PostScript output.

Export to Report Result

Select if you want to include the object when opening the report in Web Report Result.

Export to RTF

Select if you want to include the object in the RTF output.

Export to Text

Select if you want to include the object in the Text output without Delimited Format.

Export to XML

Select if you want to include the object in the XML output.

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Others Tab Properties

Configure other settings.

Banded Panel Properties dialog box - Others tab

Suppress

Select if you want to hide the panel in the report. Server will skip all formulas and calculations.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, banded page header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Suppress Blank Panel

Select if you want to hide the panel in the report when it contains no contents.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, banded page header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Suppress When No Records

Select if you want to hide the panel in the report when no record returns to its parent data component.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, banded page header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Underlay

Select if you want to layer the panel beneath the next panel in the banded object. You can use a panel layered beneath a subsequent panel to contain a background picture or watermark. However, you cannot layer banded page header, page footer, or group footer panels.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, banded page header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Fill Whole Page

Select if you want to extend the panel to the bottom of the page, so that the next panel starts on a new page.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

On New Page

Select if you want the panel to start on a new page. This property works only when you enable the page layout of the report. The default behavior is that the panel starts on a new page only if the previous page is filled.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Cross Page

Select if you want to split the panel across a page break. This property works only when you enable the page layout of the report.

This property is available to the following panels in a banded object: banded header/footer panel, group header/footer panel, and detail panel.

Tile Detail Panel

Select if you want to tile records in the detail panel. This property is available only to the detail panel in a banded object.

For a vertical banded object, you can tile each set of records in the detail panel, by selecting this property and also setting the detail panel's width/height equal to or less than 1/2 that of the banded object. The detail panel width defines the width of each record tile.

Tile Horizontal

When you select Tile Detail Panel, you can use the Tile Horizontal property to specify the direction for tiling records in the detail panel.

Select Tile Horizontal if you want to tile records first in the row, and then in the column. Clear the Tile Horizontal checkbox if you want to tile records first in the column, and then in the row.

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