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Convert to Crosstab
The Convert to Crosstab dialog helps you to convert a table or chart to a crosstab. This dialog appears when you focus on a table or a chart and then select 
on the visualization toolbar but the data fields in the table or chart are not enough for a crosstab.
Crosstab Title
Specifies a title for the crosstab.
Specifies the font properties of the crosstab 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. - OK
Applies the changes. - Cancel
Cancels the changes.
Data Source
Specifies a business view on which the crosstab will be built from the Data Source drop-down list.
Filter
Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.
Resources
Displays the elements in the selected business view.
Show All Fields/Show Used Fields
Specifies to show all the business view elements or only the ones used in the current data component in the Resources box. Not available when you select another business view to convert to crosstab with.
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 search bar to search for view elements. For the usage of the search bar, see Search.
Adds the selected group object 
to be displayed in the columns of the crosstab.
Adds the selected group object to be displayed in the rows of the crosstab.
Adds the selected aggregation object 
or detail object 
to be the summary field of the crosstab.
Columns/Rows
- Field
Lists the group objects that will be displayed in the columns/rows of the crosstab. - Label
Specifies the text of the labels for the column/row headers. You can select the text boxes to edit the label text, or check the Auto Map Field Name checkboxes beside the text boxes to automatically map the label text to the dynamic display names of the objects. - Sort
Specifies the sort order of the group objects.
Summaries
- Field
Lists the objects that you select to create summaries. - Label
Specifies the text of the labels for the summaries. You can select the text boxes to edit the label text, or check the Auto Map Field Name checkboxes beside the text boxes to automatically map the label text to the dynamic display names of the objects. - Aggregate
Specifies the functions used to summarize data of the selected detail objects. - Distinct On
Available and should be set when DistinctSum is selected as the aggregate function. It specifies the detail objects according to whose unique values to calculate DistinctSum. Select
in the text box to select the detail objects in the Select Fields dialog. - Comparison Function
Opens the Comparison Function dialog to add a comparison function as an aggregate for the crosstab.
Moves the selected view element one level up.
Moves the selected view element one level down.
Removes the selected resource.
OK
Converts to the specified crosstab and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the conversion and closes the dialog.
Displays the help document about this feature.
Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.