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Insert Banded Object
The Insert Banded Object dialog helps you to insert a banded object to a report and consists of the following tabs: Details, Group and Summary. This dialog appears when you drag Banded from the Components panel to the destination.
Banded Title
Specifies a title for the banded object.
Specifies the font properties for title of the banded object.
- 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
Specifies the business view in the current catalog on which the banded object will be built.
Filter
Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.
OK
Inserts a banded object and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the insertion and closes the dialog.
Displays the help document about this feature.
Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.
Details
Specifies the detail fields that you want to display in the banded object.
Resources
Displays all the group objects 
and detail objects 
in the selected business view.
Sorts the 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 objects are listed for this user.
- Predefined Order
Sorts the objects in the order defined in the Business View Editor on Logi JReport Designer. - Resource Types
Sorts the objects by resource type, namely category objects come first, then group objects, then aggregation objects, and at last detail objects. - Alphabetical Order
Sorts the objects in alphabetical order. Objects that are not in any category will be sorted first, then the categories, and the objects in each category will also be sorted alphabetically.
Launches the search bar to search for objects. For the usage of the search bar, see Search.
Adds the selected object to be displayed in the banded object.
Removes the selected object that is added.
Field
Lists the group and detail objects that have been added to the banded object as the detail fields.
Label
Specifies the text for the labels of the detail fields, which by default are the display names of the added objects. You can select in 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.
Moves the selected object one step up.
Moves the selected object one step down.
Sort Fields By
Opens the Custom Sort dialog to specify how to sort data in the banded object.
Group
Specifies the fields to group the data.
Resources
Displays all the available group objects you can use to group the data in the banded object.
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 objects are listed for this user.
Launches the search bar to search for group objects. For the usage of the search bar, see Search.
Adds the selected group object as a group-by field.
Removes the selected group object.
Field
Lists all the group objects that have been added as the group-by 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.
Resources
Displays all the available aggregation objects 
you can use to create summaries in the banded object.
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 objects are listed for this user.
Launches the search bar to search for aggregation objects. For the usage of the search bar, see Search.
Adds the selected aggregation object as the summary field.
Removes the selected aggregation object.
Field
Lists the groups that have been added in the banded object 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 of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the banded object, it will be put in the banded header or footer.
Column
Works together with the Row option to specify the location where a summary will be placed.
Moves the selected aggregation object one step up.
Moves the selected aggregation object one step down.