Table Wizard

The Table Wizard helps you to change data of a table. It is displayed when you do one of the following:

Select a table, then select Menu > Edit > Wizard.
Select a table, then select the Table Wizard button on the visualization toolbar.
Right-select the icon of a table and select Table Wizard from the shortcut menu.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Table Title

Specifies a title for the table.

Specifies the font properties of the table title.

Font
Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the title.
Font Style
Specifies the font style of the title. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
Size
Specifies the font size of the title.
Align
Specifies the position of the title to be left, right, center or justify.
Font Color
Specifies the font color of the title.
Background Color
Specifies the background color of the title.

Data Source

Displays the business view that has been used in the table.

Filter

Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.

Applies the changes and closes the wizard.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes this wizard.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

The tabs are different according to the following table types:

For Group Left, Group Above and Group Left Above
For Summary Table

For Group Left, Group Above and Group Left Above

When the table is one of the group types, the wizard contains these tabs:

Details
Group
Summary

Details

Specifies the fields that you want to display in the table. See the tab.

Resources

Displays all the view elements in the selected business view.

Sorts the view elements in the specified order from the drop-down list. Once a user changes the order, it will be applied to all the resource trees where business view elements are listed for this user.

Predefined Order
Sorts the view elements in the order defined in the Business View Editor on Logi JReport Designer.
Resource Types
Sorts the view elements by resource type, namely category objects come first, then group objects, then aggregation objects, and at last detail objects.
Alphabetical Order
Sorts the view elements in alphabetical order. Elements that are not in any category will be sorted first, then the categories, and the elements in each category will also be sorted alphabetically.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for view elements. For the usage of the toolbar select here.

Adds the selected view element to be displayed in the table.

Removes the selected view element.

Field

Lists the view elements that have been added to the table.

Label

Specifies the display names of the selected fields.

Moves the selected view element one step up.

Moves the selected view element one step down.

Sort Fields By

Opens the Custom Sort dialog to specify how to sort data in the table.

Group

Specifies the fields to group the data. See the tab.

Resources

Displays all the available group objects you can use to group the data in the table.

Sorts the group objects in the specified order from the drop-down list. Once a user changes the order, it will be applied to all the resource trees where business view elements are listed for this user.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for group objects. For the usage of the toolbar select here.

Adds the selected group object as a group field.

Removes the selected group object.

Field

Lists all the group objects that have been added as the group fields.

Sort

Specifies the sort order for groups at the specific group level.

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.
Custom Sort
Opens the Custom Sort dialog to set how groups will be sorted.

Moves the selected group one step up.

Moves the selected group one step down.

Summary

Specifies the fields on which to create summaries. See the tab.

Resources

Displays all the available aggregation objects you can use to create summaries in the table.

Sorts the aggregation objects in the specified order from the drop-down list. Once a user changes the order, it will be applied to all the resource trees where business view elements are listed for this user.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for aggregation objects. For the usage of the toolbar select here.

Adds the selected aggregation object as the summary field.

Removes the selected aggregation object.

Field

Lists the groups that have been added in the table and the aggregation objects added to summarize data in each group.

Row

Specifies to put the summary field in the header or footer row. If the summary is calculated on a group by field, it will be put in the group header or footer row of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the whole dataset, it will be put in the table header or footer row. Available only when the table is Group Left type.

Column

Specifies to put the summary field in the specified detail column. If no column is selected, the summary field will be displayed in a separate summary column. Available only when the table is Group Left type.

Moves the selected aggregation object one step up.

Moves the selected aggregation object one step down.

For Summary Table

The wizard contains these tabs:

Columns
Summary

Columns

Specifies the group and aggregation fields to be displayed as the columns of the table. See the tab.

Resources

Displays all the group and aggregation fields in the selected business view.

Launches the quick search toolbar to search for view elements. For the usage of the toolbar select here.

Adds the selected view element to be displayed in the table.

Removes the selected view element.

Column

Lists the view elements that have been added to the table.

Sort

Specifies the sort order for groups at the specific group level.

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.
Custom Sort
Opens the Custom Sort dialog to set how groups will be sorted.

Moves the selected view element one step up.

Moves the selected view element one step down.

Summary

Specifies to insert aggregations to the header/footer rows of the table and groups. See the tab.

Resources

Displays the aggregations selected in the Columns tab.

Summarized Fields

Displays the group fields selected in the Columns tab under the Table node.

Header

Represents the table header or the group header of a specific group. After an aggregation is selected in the Resources box, you can select the checkboxes in the column to insert the aggregation in the corresponding header rows.

Footer

Represents the table footer or the group footer of a specific group. After an aggregation is selected in the Resources box, you can select the checkboxes in the column to insert the aggregation in the corresponding footer rows.

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