Parameter Control Properties

This topic lists the properties of a Parameter Control object. The availabilities of the properties vary for the supported report types: Page Report, Web Report and Library Component.

Property Name	Available For	Description
General
Class Type	Query Page Report	Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name	Query Page Report	Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Height	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Width	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
X	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position. Data type: Float
Y	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position. Data type: Float
Color
Background	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color. Data type: String
Foreground	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the foreground color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color. Data type: String
CSS
Class	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file. Data type: String
ID	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the identifier of the object, which must be unique in the report. The ID property can be a style sheet selector. Data type: String
Style	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	The property can be used in two ways. Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the page report tab or web report or library component level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name. Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Type a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
Excel
Column Index	Page Report, Web Report	Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the page report tab or web report level must be set to true for this property to take effect. Data type: Integer
Row Index	Page Report, Web Report	Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the page report tab or web report level must be set to true for this property to take effect. Data type: Integer
Border
Border Color	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color. Data type: String
Border Thickness	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the width of the border. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Bottom Line	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Left Line	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Right Line	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Shadow	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to draw two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object. Data type: Boolean
Shadow Color	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the color of the shadow. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color. Data type: String
Top Line	Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Pattern
Pattern Color	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the color in which to draw a pattern to fill the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color. Data type: String
Pattern Style	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the style of the pattern. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Text Format
Auto Scale in Number	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	The property is available when the parameter added in the object is of the Number data type. It specifies whether to automatically scale the parameter values that fall into the two ranges: When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12). When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values. The option "auto" means that the property setting follows that of the object's parent data container. Data type: Boolean
Bold	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to make the text bold. Data type: Boolean
Font Face	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the font of the text. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Font Size	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the font size of the text. Type an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Format	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the display format of the text in the report result. It varies with data type and can be manually defined. Data type: String For the BigDecimal data type, to avoid precision loss, you should specify a prefix JRD when setting the Format property value. For the Number data type and when the Auto Scale in Number property is true, the specified format applies to the integer part of the values after scaled, but if the specified format conflicts with the Auto Scale in Number property, for example the values are displayed in percentage, then the Auto Scale in Number property is ignored.
Horizontal Alignment	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the horizontal justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Italic	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to make the text italic. Data type: Boolean
Underline	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to underline the text. Data type: Boolean
Vertical Alignment	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Others
Export as Text	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to export the parameter control as text. If this option is unselected, the parameter control will be exported as an image. When Export as Text is enabled, depending on the properties of the parameter bound in the parameter control, Logi Report will export the parameter control as follows: The selected values or text of the parameter will be exported as text while the icon or button for specifying the parameter value not exported. If the parameter in the parameter control is of Boolean type, it is displayed as a checkbox in the parameter control, then when the checkbox is selected, it will be exported as and if unselected as . Data Type: Boolean
Export to CSV	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object when previewing the report in Page/Web Report Result and running the report in Page/Web Report Studio, or when the library component is used in JDashboard. Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to Text	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Export to XML	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Invisible	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true. Data type: Boolean
Parameter	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the value of the parameter. Data type: String
Position	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the position of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector	Query Page Report	Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Type a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
External Style	Query Page Report	It is mapped to the HTML attribute style. This attribute specifies style information for the object. Data type: String
External Title	Query Page Report	It is mapped to the HTML attribute title. This attribute offers advisory information about the object. Data type: String
Language	Query Page Report	It is mapped to the HTML attribute lang. This attribute specifies the base language of the object's attribute values and text content. Data type: String
Tag Name	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	It specifies the header tag name of the object used for labeling the heading order of the object in the PDF output for accessibility. When setting the property, you should make sure that the headers are nested properly following the rules below so that the heading tag sequence can be accepted by Adobe. If any heading tags are used, H1 should be the first. The descending sequence of the headers should follow the downward order of the objects in the Report Inspector. The descending sequence of the headers should proceed in strict numerical order and should not skip an intervening heading level. H1 H2 H3 is permissible, while H1 H3 is not. Data type: Enumeration

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