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To Crosstab Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the To Crosstab dialog box to specify settings for converting a chart into a crosstab. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a chart and then select To Crosstab on the shortcut menu or select Menu > Edit > To Crosstab.

To Crosstab dialog

Crosstab Title

Specify a title for the crosstab.

Font button Font button

Specify the font properties of the crosstab title. After you select the button, Server displays the following dialog box for you to edit the font properties:

  • Font
    Select the font face of the title.
  • Font Style
    Select the font style of the title: regular, bold, italic, or bold italic.
  • Size
    Specify the font size of the title.
  • Align
    Specify the position of the title to be left, right, center, or justify.
  • Font Color
    Specify the font color of the title.

    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.

  • Background Color
    Specify the background color of the title.
  • 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.

Resources

Server displays all the view elements used in the chart.

Sort button Sort button

Select an order for sorting the resources in the business view. The order applies to all the resource trees where you see the business view in Web Report Studio.

The order can be one of the following:

  • Predefined Order
    Select if you want to sort the resources in the order as in the Business View Editor of Designer.
  • Resource Types
    Select if you want to sort the resources by the resource type. Namely, category objects come first, then group objects, then aggregation objects, and at last detail objects.
  • Alphabetical Order
    Select if you want to sort the resources in alphabetical order. Report sorts the resources that are not in any category first, and then the categories. It also sorts the resources in each category alphabetically.

Search button Search button

Select to launch the search bar to search for view elements.

See the following properties in the search bar:

Quick Search Toolbar

  • Text box
    Type the text you want to search in the text box. Server lists the values that contain the matched text.
  • Close button Close button
    Select to close the search bar.
  • Search Options More Options button
    Select the button and Server displays more search options.
    • Highlight All
      Select if you want to highlight all matched text.
    • Match Case
      Select if you want to search for text that meets the case of the typed text.
    • Match Whole Word
      Select if you want to search for text that looks the same as the typed text.
  • Previous Text Previous button
    Select to go to the previous matched text when you have selected Highlight All.
  • Next Text Next button
    Select to go to the next matched text when you have selected Highlight All.

Add Column button

Select to add the selected group object Group Object from the Resources box to display in the columns of the crosstab.

Add Row button

Select to add the selected group object Group Object from the Resources box to display in the rows of the crosstab.

Add Summary button

Select to add the selected aggregation object Aggregation Object or detail object Detail Object from the Resources box to be the summary field of the crosstab.

Columns/Rows

Specify the group objects Group Objectthat you want to display on the columns/rows of the crosstab.

  • Field
    Group objects that you select to display on the columns/rows of the crosstab.
  • Label

    Specify the text of the labels for the column/row headers. You can select a text box to edit the label, or select the Auto Map Field Name checkbox beside the text box to automatically map the label to the dynamic display name of the object.
  • Sort
    Specify the sort order of the group objects.

Summaries

Specify the aggregate fields that you want to display in the crosstab.

  • Field
    The aggregation/detail objects that you select to create summaries.
  • Label
    Specify the text of the labels for the summaries. You can select a text box to edit the label, or select the Auto Map Field Name checkbox beside the text box to automatically map the label to the dynamic display name of the object.
  • Aggregate
    Specify the functions that you want to use to summarize data of the selected detail objects.
  • Distinct On
    Server enables this property when you select DistinctSum as the aggregate function, and you should set it. Select the ellipsis button Choose button, and then in the Select Fields dialog box select the fields according to whose unique values you want to calculate the DistinctSum function.
  • Comparison Function
    Select to open the Comparison Function dialog box to add a comparison function as an aggregate for the crosstab.
Move Up buttonMove Up button

Select to move the selected item higher in the list.

Move Down buttonMove Down button

Select to move the selected item lower in the list.

Delete button Remove button

Select to remove the selected resource.

OK

Select to convert the chart into a crosstab and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without conversion.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without conversion.

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