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Crosstab Wizard

The Crosstab Wizard helps you to change data of the crosstab, and contains the Data and Layout tabs.

This wizard appears when you do one of the following:

  • Select a crosstab, then select Menu > Edit > Wizard.
  • Select a crosstab, then select the Crosstab Wizard button Crosstab Wizard button on the visualization toolbar.
  • Right-click the icon Drag icon of a crosstab and select Crosstab Wizard from the shortcut menu.

Crosstab Title

Specifies a title for the crosstab.

Font button

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.

Data Source

Displays the business view used by the crosstab.

Filter

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

OK

Applies the changes and closes the wizard.

Cancel

Does not retain changes and closes the wizard.

Help button

Displays the help document about this feature.

Close button

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

Data Tab

Specifies the column, row and aggregate fields to display in the crosstab.

Crosstab Wizard - Data tab

Resources

Displays the view elements in the selected business view.

  • Sort button
    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.
  • Search button
    Launches the search bar to search for view elements. For the usage of the search bar, see Search.

Columns/Rows

Specifies the column/row fields to display in the crosstab.

  • 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

Specifies the aggregate fields to display in the crosstab.

  • Field
    Lists the aggregation/detail 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 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 Choose button 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.

Add Item button

Adds the selected group object Group Object to be displayed on the columns of the crosstab.

Adds the selected group object Group Object to be displayed on the rows of the crosstab.

Adds the selected aggregation object Aggregation Object or detail object Detail Object to be the summary field of the crosstab.

Move Up button

Moves the selected view element one level up.

Move Down button

Moves the selected view element one level down.

Delete button

Removes the selected resource.

Layout Tab

Specifies the layout of the crosstab.

Crosstab Wizard - Layout tab

Aggregate

Specifies properties of the aggregate fields.

  • Vertical Layout
    If selected, the aggregate fields will be arranged vertically.
    • Number of Rows
      Specifies the number of rows to hold the aggregate fields in the crosstab. By default, it is -1 which means that each aggregate field is placed in a row so that the aggregate fields are positioned in one column vertically. 0 and a number equal to or larger than the number of aggregate fields in the crosstab are treated as -1. If you set the number of rows (3 for example) less than the number of aggregate fields (6 for example), there will be 3 rows to hold the 6 fields with each row containing 2 fields.
  • Horizontal Layout
    If selected, the aggregate fields will be arranged horizontally. When you have multiple aggregate fields in the crosstab, using horizontal layout can make the report more readable.
    • Number of Columns
      Specifies the number of columns to hold the aggregate fields in the crosstab. By default, it is -1 which means that each aggregate field is placed in a column so that the aggregate fields are positioned in one row horizontally. 0 and a number equal to or larger than the number of aggregate fields in the crosstab are treated as -1. If you set the number of columns (3 for example) less than the number of aggregate fields (6 for example), there will be 3 columns to hold the 6 fields with each column containing 2 fields.

Suppress Row Grand Totals

Specifies whether or not to show the grand total row in the crosstab.

Suppress Column Grand Totals

Specifies whether or not to show the grand total column in the crosstab.

Suppress Row Subtotals

Specifies whether or not to show the subtotals of the row fields in the crosstab. You can select Choose button to customize which subtotals of the row fields will be suppressed and which will be shown in the Suppress Row Subtotals dialog.

Suppress Column Subtotals

Specifies whether or not to show the subtotals of the column fields in the crosstab. You can select Choose button to customize which subtotals of the column fields will be suppressed and which will be shown in the Suppress Column Subtotals dialog.

Column Totals On

Specifies the position of subtotal and grand total columns on the left or right of the detail aggregations.

Row Totals On

Specifies the position of subtotal and grand total rows on the top or bottom of the detail aggregations.

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