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Mailing Label Wizard Dialog
The Mailing Label Wizard appears when you select the Mailing Label layout in the Select Component for Page Report Tab dialog or Select Component for Page Report dialog and then select OK. It helps you to create a page report with a cross banded object in it, which is in the form of a mailing label layout, and consists of the following screens.
Back
Goes back to the previous screen.
Next
Goes to the next screen.
Finish
Finishes creating the mailing label report and closes this wizard.
Cancel
Does not retain changes and closes this wizard.
Help
Displays the help document about this feature.
Data
Specifies the dataset used to create the banded object. See the screen.
Define a dataset for the object
Specifies the dataset on which the banded object will be built.
- New
If checked, select a data source from the catalog resources to create a dataset that will be used to build the banded object. When you choose to create the dataset from a query, you can select the Modify button to edit the query in the Query Editor if required. - Existing
If checked, select a dataset from the ones existing in the open report to create the banded object. Select the Modify button to edit the dataset in the Dataset Editor if required.
Display
Specifies the data fields displayed in the banded object. See the screen.
Resources
Lists all the available data resources.
Adds the specified field to use in the banded object.
Removes the specified field that is not required in the banded object.
Moves the specified field one step up.
Moves the specified field one step down.
Display Fields
Lists the fields that have been selected to display in the banded object.
Display Name
Shows the display names of the selected fields. You can select the name cells to edit them if required.
Sort Fields By
Opens the Sort Fields By dialog to specify how to sort data in the banded object.
Group
Specifies the fields to group data in the banded object. See the screen.
Resources
Lists all the available data resources.
Adds the selected field as the group by field in the banded object.
Removes the selected group by field that is not required.
Moves the specified group one step up.
Moves the specified group one step down.
Group By
Lists the fields that are used to group data in the banded object.
Sort
Specifies how groups at the specific group level will be sorted.
- Ascend
Groups will be sorted in an ascending order (A, B, C). - Descend
Groups will be sorted in a descending order (C, B, A). - No Sort
Groups will be sorted in the original order in database. - Special Group
Opens the User Defined Group dialog to define grouping information.For example, if you placed a field named Region for grouping, and this field contains all 50 states of the United States; and if you want to see the data between Maryland (MD) and New York (NY), you can define the criteria by selecting the between operator to further define your grouping information.
- Custom Sort
Opens the Custom Sort dialog to set how groups will be sorted.
Special Function
If the group by field is of Numeric/String/Date/Time type, you can select a special function for the field in the Special Function column to further specify to which level the data will be grouped by.
If Customize is selected, the Customized Function dialog will be displayed, in which you can set the function by your own.
Custom Sort
Specifies how to sort the groups. Activated only when you have selected Custom Sort from the Sort column to define the sorting manner of groups for the selected group level.
Special Group
Specifies how to group your information. Activated only when you have selected Special Group from the Sort column to define a special group.
Select N
Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition.
Group Filter
Opens the Group Filter dialog to specify the group filter condition.
Summary
Specifies the fields on which to create aggregate functions. See the screen.
Resources
Lists all the available data resources.
Adds the selected field as the summary field to the banded object.
Removes the selected summary field that is not required.
Moves the specified summary field one step up.
Moves the specified summary field one step down.
Summarized Fields
Lists all the fields that you want to display and to be summarized in the banded object.
Aggregate Function
Specifies the function to summarize the selected field.
Break Field
Displays a defined field on which the summary will be calculated. If a summary field is added below the Banded Object node, the break field is null and the summary will be calculated on the whole dataset.
Chart
Specifies to create a chart together with the banded object, which will be placed in the banded header panel. This screen is available only when there is at least one group by field and one summary field which is calculated on this group by field in the banded object. See the screen.
No Chart
Specifies not to create a chart.
Bar Chart
Specifies to create a Clustered Bar 2-D chart together with the banded object.
Line Chart
Specifies to create a Line 2-D chart together with the banded object.
Pie Chart
Specifies to create a Clustered Pie chart together with the banded object.
Category
Lists the group by fields of the banded object on which the summary fields are calculated. Choose the field you want to display on the category (X) axis of the chart from the drop-down list.
Series
Lists the fields that have been added as the group by fields of the banded object. Choose the field you want to display on the series (Z) axis of the chart from the drop-down list.
Show Values
Lists the summary fields which are calculated based on the field you choose to display on the category axis of the chart. Choose the value you want to display in the chart from the drop-down list.
Filter
Specifies to filter data displayed in the banded object. See the screen.
The options in the screen are the same as those in the Edit Filter dialog.
Layout
Specifies the layout of the banded object. See the screen.
Label Size
Specifies the size for the labels in the banded object.
- Width
Specifies the width of the labels. - Height
Specifies the height of the labels.
Gap Between Labels
Specifies the gap between each two labels.
- Horizontal Gap
Specifies the horizontal gap between two labels. - Vertical Gap
Specifies the vertical gap between two labels.
Preview
Displays the selected layout for the label.
Style
Specifies the style of the banded object. See the screen.
Style
Specifies the style of the banded object.
Preview
Displays the selected style effects.
Create a Banded Report
Creates a restricted version of a flow layout report, one that can contain a single banded object only. This layout option is intended to provide compatibility with Logi JReport Version 7 report templates.
Create a Flow Layout Report Containing a Banded Object
Creates a report that contains a banded object mapped to the specified dataset. This layout option is specified by default.
Page Setup
Opens the Page Setup dialog to specify page properties.