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Group Properties
The Group Properties dialog helps you to edit the properties of a group object. It contains the following tabs:
OK
Applies the settings and closes this dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the settings and closes this dialog.
Help
Displays the help document about this feature.
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This tab shows some general information of the group object. See the tab.
Expand Detail Data
Specifies whether to expand or collapse the detailed records in the group level.
Keep Group Together
Specifies whether or not to try to keep groups wholly in a report page (try not to make a group across two pages).
Repeat While Group Footer
If the group header is set to be repeated, you can specify whether or not to still repeat the group header when a page break occurs on the group footer.
Shrink Footer
Specifies whether or not to shrink the group footer when you shrink detailed records in the group level.
Special Function
Specifies a special function for the group level to group. This option is available only when the group field is of the Date/Time type.
Select Type
Specifies the type for Select N condition:
- ALL: The Select N condition will not take effect, and all groups will be retrieved.
- TOP_N: The first N groups of the group level will be displayed. Herein N is what you type in the Select N text box.
- BOTTOM_N: The last N groups of the group level will be displayed. N is the integer you type in the Select N text box.
Select N
If you want only the first or last several groups of the group level to be displayed, you can type an integer which will be the number of groups to be displayed.
Sort
Specifies a sorting direction for the groups of the group level.
Others
You can use this tab to view and configure some miscellaneous settings. See the tab.
TOC Anchor
Specifies whether or not to add the node that represents the object to the TOC tree that is displayed in the TOC Browser.