Formula Field Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Formula Field object.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property Name	Available For	Description
General
Data Type	Query Page Report	Shows the data type of the formula. Read only.
Expression	Query Page Report	Shows the expression of the formula. Read only.
Field Type	Query Page Report	Shows what kind of field it is. Read only.
Formula Editor	Query Page Report	Enables you to edit the formula. Select the ellipsis in the value cell to open the Formula Editor dialog box to edit the formula.
Formula Name	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Shows the name of the formula. Read only.
Instance Name	Query Page Report	Shows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Geometry (not available when the formula field is a crosstab column/row field or in a heat map)
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 object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate. Data type: Float This property is read only when the formula field is an aggregate field in a crosstab.
Y	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the vertical coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate. Data type: Float This property is read only when the formula field is an aggregate field in a crosstab.
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 in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify 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 in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
CSS
Class	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the name of the Class Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, if you define the CSS file as follows: `@charset "GBK"; TextField {Background: #ff0000} /Style=LabelX/ TextField[Style="LabelX"]{Background: #0000FF} /ID=W/ TextField#W{Background: #FFFF00} /class=C/ TextField.C{Background: #00FFFF}` To apply the Class Selector in the file to the object, type C in the value cell. Data type: String
ID	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the name of the ID Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the ID Selector in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type W in the value cell. Data type: String
Style	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the style you want to apply to the object. You can specify the style in two ways: Type the style which should be an Attribute Selector whose attribute is "style" in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the style in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type LabelX in the value cell. Choose a style from the drop-down list when you have specified the Style Group property for the report tab or web report, and there are styles in the style group that are applicable to the object. Data type: String
Excel (not available when the formula field is in a crosstab)
Column Index	Page Report, Web Report	Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells. Data type: Integer This property takes effect when you set the page report tab or web report's Columned property to "true" and the object's Position property is not "static".
Row Index	Page Report, Web Report	Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells. Data type: Integer This property takes effect when you set the page report tab or web report's Columned property to "true" and the object's Position property is not "static".
Padding (not available when the formula field is in a heat map)
Bottom Padding	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the space between the content in the object and the bottom border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Left Padding	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the space between the content in the object and the left border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Right Padding	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the space between the content in the object and the right border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Top Padding	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the space between the content in the object and the top border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the padding. Data type: Float
Border (not available when the formula field is in a heat map)
Border Color	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the color for the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Border Thickness	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness. Data type: Float
Bottom Line	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Left Line	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Right Line	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Shadow	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to add a drop shadow effect to the border. Data type: Boolean
Shadow Color	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the color of the border shadow. Choose a color from the drop-down list, or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Top Line	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option 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 in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify 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. none Select if you do not want to apply a pattern to the object. 50% Select to fill the object using 50%-transparency of the specified pattern color. horizontal Select to fill the object with horizontal lines using the specified pattern color. vertical Select to fill the object with vertical lines using the specified pattern color. grid Select to fill the object with grids using the specified pattern color. diagonal Select to fill the object with diagonal lines using the specified pattern color. Data type: String
Text Format
Auto Fit	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to automatically adjust the width and height of the object according to its content. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a heat map.
Auto Scale in Number	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Designer displays this property when the object is Number data type. You can use it to specify whether to automatically scale values of the object that fall into the two ranges: When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units 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, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values. The option "auto" means that the property setting follows that of the object's parent data component. Data type: Boolean
Bold	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to apply bold formatting to the text in the object. Data type: Boolean
Convert HTML Tag	Query Page Report	Specifies whether to parse the HTML tag elements that are included in the text of the object as the web browser translates them into HTML in the report. Data type: Boolean This property has higher priority than the Ignore HTML Tag property. This property does not work when you view or export the report in the Page Report Result or Logi Report Result format. This property takes effect when you set the object's Position property to "absolute". Designer does not provide this property when the object is in a crosstab.
Font Face	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the font face of the text in the object. 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 in the object. Type an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer
Format	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the format in which you want to display values of the object in the report. Choose an option from the drop-down list or type the format by yourself. Data type: String If the object is BigDecimal data type, to avoid precision loss, you should specify a prefix JRD when setting the format. If the object is Number data type and you set its Auto Scale in Number property to "true", Designer applies the specified format to the integer part of the values after scaling them; however, if the specified format conflicts with the Auto Scale in Number property (for example, the values display in percentage), Designer ignores the Auto Scale in Number property.
Format Locale	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the locale for displaying and formatting values of the object when its data type is locale sensitive, such as the date and time formats, and number and currency formats. Default is the locale of your JVM or the language of the NLS report. Choose an option from the drop-down list if you want to change the locale. Data type: String When you use a formula or edit an expression to control the locale, the return value should be the two-letter language and country codes as defined by ISO-639 and ISO-3166 in the format language_country, for example, de_DE.
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 Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a heat map.
Ignore HTML Tag	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to ignore the HTML tag elements that are included in the text of the object at runtime and in HTML output, so they display exactly as what they are. When you set this property to "false", Logi Report Engine transfers the HTML tag elements to the web browser and they are translated into HTML by the web browser. Data type: Boolean
Italic	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to italicize the text in the object. Data type: Boolean
Maximum Width	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the maximum width of the text you want to display in the object. Type a numeric value to change the width. This property often works together with the Auto Fit property. When you set Auto Fit of the object to "true" and the value of Maximum Width is not equal to 0, the text extends in the object until the width is this value. Data type: Float
Reduce Width When Auto Fit	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to reduce the width of the object according to its content when you specify to automatically adjust its width (set the object's Auto Fit property to "true") and the actual width of the content is smaller than that of the object. Data type: Boolean This property takes effect when you set the object's Position property to "absolute"; but, it does not work if you set the Word Wrap property of the object to "true". Designer does not provide this property when the object is in a heat map.
Strikethrough	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to draw a line through the text in the object. Data type: Boolean
Underline	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to add a horizontal line under the text in the object. 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 Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a heat map.
Word Wrap	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to wrap the text according to the width of the object. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a heat map.
Others
Cache Value	Query Page Report	Specifies whether to cache the value of the field instead of obtaining it repeatedly. Data type: Boolean
Column Name	Query Page Report	Designer enables this property when you have cleared "Forbid changing column" in the Panel category of the Options dialog box. You can use it to specify another field to substitute the current one. Choose the field from the drop-down list. Data type: String
Data Mapping File	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the data mapping file (without the locale part) you want to apply to the object for NLS use. For example, if the data mapping file is Product_de_DE.properties, type Product in the value cell. Data type: String
Detail Report	Query Page Report	Specifies the detail report that you want to link the object to. Select the ellipsis in the value cell to set the detail report. See Linking to a Detail Report. Data type: String Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab.
Detail Target Frame	Query Page Report	Designer displays this property when the object is in the group header/footer panel of a banded object, and enables it after you set Go to Detail of the object to "true". You can use it to specify the target window or frame to display the detail information. Choose an option from the drop-down list. <Server Setting> Select to load the detail information according to the Pop Up New Window for Links property in the Page Report Studio Profile dialog box on Server. New Window Select to load the detail information into a new window. The window is not named. Whole Window Select to load the detail information into the full browser window. Same Frame Select to load the detail information into the same frame as the object. Parent Frame Select to load the detail information into the parent frame of the frame in which the object is. Other Frame Select to load the detail information into some other specified frame. Type the name of the frame you have defined in the value cell. If the frame name does not exist, Server loads the detail information into a new window. Data type: String
Display Null	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the string you want to display when the field value is null. Data type: String
Enable Hyperlink in Excel	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to enable the link that you have added on the object in the Excel output. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab in a web report or library component.
Enable Hyperlink in HTML	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to enable the link that you have added on the object in the HTML output. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab in a web report or library component.
Enable Hyperlink in PDF	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to enable the link that you have added on the object in the PDF output. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab in a web report or library component.
Expand Data	Page Report	Designer displays this property when you use the formula field as a column/row field in a crosstab. You can use it to specify whether to allow Page Report Studio users to expand and collapse the details of the column/row group generated by the field in the crosstab. Data type: Boolean This property takes effect when you set the crosstab's Expand Data property to "true".
Expand Detail Data	Page Report	Designer displays this property when you use the formula field as a column/row field in a crosstab. You can use it to specify whether to expand the details of the column/row group generated by the field in the crosstab by default in Page Report Studio. It is meaningful to enable this property after you set the field's Expand Data property to "true". Data type: Boolean
Export to CSV	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a barcode or text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output; if it displays as a checkbox, radio button, or button, only the text.
Export to Excel	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output.
Export to HTML	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output. Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output.
Export to PostScript	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output.
Export to Report Result	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object when you preview the report in the Page Report Result format for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report in the same format or use the library component at runtime. Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output; if it displays as a radio button or button, only the text.
Export to Text	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a barcode or text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output; if it displays as a checkbox, radio button, or button, only the text.
Export to XML	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output. Data type: Boolean When you set this property of a formula field in a query-based page report to "true", if the formula field displays as a barcode or text field, Logi Report Engine only includes the string value in the output; if it displays as a checkbox, radio button, or button, only the text.
Filter Options	Query Page Report	Specifies the filter commands that you want to display on the object's shortcut menu in Page Report Studio. Select the ellipsis in the value cell to set the options. Data type: Integer
Go to Detail	Query Page Report	Designer displays this property when the object is in the group header/footer panel of a banded object. You can use it to specify whether to show the detail information about the group when users select the object in Page Report Studio. See Obtaining the Group Details in a Banded Object. Data type: Boolean
Invisible	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to hide the object in the design area and in the report. Logi Report Engine performs all calculations that involve the object regardless of whether the object is visible or not. Data type: Boolean Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab.
Link	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the target that you want to link the object to, which can be another report, a website, an email address, or a Blob data type field. Select the ellipsis in the value cell to set the link target. See Adding Links in Reports. Data type: String
Logic Column	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Designer displays this property when the object is in a table. You can use it to specify whether to show the object in the next visible table cell in the same row when the column that holds the object is hidden. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration The next visible table cell should be completely empty, that is, the cell should not hold any content including blank space. When you set this property for several objects in the same row to "next visible column", and the columns holding these objects are all hidden, only the object in the rightmost column shows in the next visible cell.
Order By	Page Report	Designer displays this property when you use the formula field as a column/row field in a crosstab. You can use it to specify the field by which to sort the crosstab column/row header. Data type: String
Position	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Designer enables this property when the object is in a flow layout container, such as the report body or a tabular cell, text box, or KPI. You can use it to specify the position of the object in the container. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a crosstab or heat map.
Record Location	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the calculation point for the properties of the object that are controlled by formulas. This property takes effect only when the object is in a banded object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. default Select to calculate values of the properties in the default location where the object is placed. page header Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page header panel. page footer Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page footer panel. See Example 2: Showing a Label on Every Page Except the Last. Data type: Enumeration
Suppress	Query Page Report	Specifies whether to suppress the object in the design area and in the report. If you suppress an object, Logi Report Engine skips all formulas and calculations that involve the object. This property has higher priority over Invisible. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records	Query Page Report	Specifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When Null	Query Page Report	Specifies whether to suppress the field in the report when its value is null. Data type: Boolean
Transfer Style	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to apply the style group of the primary report to the linked report, when the object is linked to another report. Data type: Boolean
Value Delimiter	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the separator for DBArray data. By default, Designer displays the elements in a horizontal line and separates them by a space. Type the delimiter in the value cell. Data type: String
TOC (available when the formula field is in a banded object)
Anchor Display Value	Page Report	Specifies the text you want to display as the object's TOC entry label, when you set the object's TOC Anchor property to "true". Data type: String
TOC Anchor	Page Report	Specifies whether to include the object in the TOC of the report. Data type: Boolean
Accessibility
Abbr	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute abbr, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String Designer displays this property only when the formula field is in a crosstab.
Axis	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute axis, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String Designer displays this property only when the formula field is in a crosstab.
External AccessKey	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute accesskey, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
External CSS Class Selector	Query Page Report	Specifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output. Data type: String
External Dir	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute dir, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
External ID	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
External Style	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute style, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
External TabIndex	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute tabindex, as specified by w3.org. Data type: Integer
External Title	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute title, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
Headers	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute headers, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String Designer displays this property only when the formula field is in a crosstab.
HrefLang	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute hreflang, as specified by w3.org. You can use it to specify the base language of the resource designated by a link on the object, such as the target you define via the Link property. Data type: String
Language	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute lang, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
LongDesc	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute longdesc, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
Scope	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute scope, as specified by w3.org. Choose an option from the drop-down list to specify the set of data cells for which the current header cell provides header information in the accessible HTML output. none Select it if you do not want to generate this attribute in the output. Column Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the column that contains it. Row Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the row that contains it. Data type: Enumeration Designer displays this property only when the formula field is in a crosstab.
Tag Name	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the header tag name of the object for labeling its heading order in the accessible PDF output. Choose an option from the drop-down list. When setting this property, you should nest the headers properly based on the following rules so that Adobe can accept the heading tag sequence. H1 should always be the first heading tag. 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 Designer does not provide this property when the formula field is in a chart or map.

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