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Insert Table
The Insert Table dialog helps you to insert a table into a report. This dialog appears when you drag Table from the Components panel to the destination.
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
Specifies the business view in the current catalog on which the table will be built.
- <Inherit from the Parent>
Specifies to inherit data from the business view used by the parent object. Available only when the table is to be inserted into any of the following panels in a banded object: banded header panel, banded footer panel, group header panel and group footer panel.
Filter
Opens the Query Filter dialog to specify the filter which you want to apply to the selected business view.
Table type drop-down menu
Specifies the type of the table. The tabs available in the dialog differ according to the selected table type. When a group table type is selected, you can define the table in the Details, Group and Summary tabs respectively; when the summary table type is selected, only the Columns tab is available.
- Group Above
Creates a table with group information above the detail row. - Group Left
Creates a table with group information left to the detail row. - Group Left Above
Creates a table with group information left above the detail row. - Summary Table
Creates a table with only group and summary information.
OK
Inserts a table 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.
The tabs in the dialog are different according to the following table types:
For Group Left, Group Above, or Group Left Above
The dialog consists of the following tabs: Details, Group and Summary.
Details
Specifies the detail fields that you want to display in the table.
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 table.
Removes the selected object that is added.
Field
Lists the group and detail objects that have been added to the table as the detail fields.
Label
Specifies the text for the labels of the detail columns, 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 table.
Group
Specifies the fields to group the data.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 of the corresponding group; if the summary is calculated on the table, it will be put in the table header or footer. 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 dialog consists of the following tabs: Columns and Summary.
Columns
Specifies the fields to be displayed as the columns of the table.
Resources
Displays all the group and aggregation 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.
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 table.
Removes the selected object that is added.
Column
Lists the objects 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 object one step up.
Moves the selected object one step down.
Summary
Specifies to insert aggregations to the header/footer rows of the table and groups.
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.