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Table Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Table 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 NameAvailable ForDescription
General
Class TypeQuery Page ReportShows the class type of the object. Read only.
Data InheritQuery Page ReportShows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. Read only.
DatasetQuery Page ReportShows the dataset the object applies. Read only.
Instance Name Query Page ReportShows the instance name of the object. Read only.
Geometry
HeightPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float

WidthPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float

XPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

YPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

Color
BackgroundPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

Alternating Line Color
Include Header and FooterPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to apply alternating color to the footer, group headers, and group footers of the table. Default (the property being "true") is to apply alternating color to all table rows except the table header. When you set this property to "false", the alternating color applies to the table detail rows only.

Data type: Boolean

Pattern ListPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the patterns for the alternating color you want to apply to the table rows. Select the ellipsis Ellipsis button in the value cell to specify the color patterns in the Color List dialog box.

Data type: String

ShowPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to apply alternating color to the table rows. Alternating color works as background color, so it overwrites the table row's own background color.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon To apply alternating color to merged cells in group tables, you also need to set the background color of the merged cells to that of the alternating color.

CSS
ClassPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

StylePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

Others
Auto ExpandsPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to expand objects in the table to their empty neighboring cells horizontally when the actual size of the objects is bigger than the cells containing them because of no enough column or page width for auto fitting. This property requires that the Auto Fit property of the objects is also "true".

Data type: Boolean

Note icon This property does not apply to horizontal tables.

Auto Scale in NumberPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to automatically scale the Number values in 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.

Data type: Boolean

CacheQuery Page ReportSpecifies whether to cache the dataset for this object in the data buffer, so that other objects using the same dataset can share the data rather than perform their own SQL query.

Data type: Boolean

Default for FilterPage Report, Web ReportSpecifies whether to display the object as the default data component in the Apply To drop-down list of the Filter dialog box at runtime.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon In the same report, you can only set one data component's Default for Filter property to "true".

Enable NavigationWeb ReportSpecifies whether to display a page navigation bar below the table at runtime when it has more than one page. When you set this property to "true", you can further specify the height and width of the table pages via Navigation Height and Navigation Width.

Data type: Boolean

Export to CSVPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to ExcelPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to HTMLPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PDFPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PostScriptPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Report ResultPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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 RTFPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to TextPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the Text output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to XMLPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the XML output.

Data type: Boolean

HorizontalQuery Page ReportSpecifies whether to show the table in horizontal style.

Data type: Boolean

InvisiblePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

Invisible for Filter DialogsPage Report, Web ReportSpecifies whether to display the object in the Apply To drop-down list of the Filter dialog box at runtime. Designer disables this property when you set Default for Filter of the object to "true".

Data type: Boolean

Navigation HeightWeb Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the height of the table pages. Type a numeric value to change the height. If you do not specify a value, Logi Report Engine calculates the height at runtime.

Data type: Float

Note icon

  • For a table in a web report, this property takes effect when you set Enable Navigation of the table to "true".
  • If users resize the table at runtime, Logi Report Engine resets this property to the resized value.
Navigation WidthWeb Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the width of the table pages. Type a numeric value to change the width. If you do not specify a value, Logi Report Engine calculates the width at runtime.

Data type: Float

Note icon

  • For a table in a web report, this property takes effect when you set Enable Navigation of the table to "true".
  • If users resize the table at runtime, Logi Report Engine resets this property to the resized value.
PositionPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentDesigner 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

Record LocationPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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

Split Overflow ColumnsPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to display a big table with many columns on multiple pages when one page cannot hold all the table columns, instead of cutting the overflow columns off - the default behavior (the property being "false").

When you set this property to "true", the table containing overflow columns on subsequent pages inherits the same Y value in its container, so that it keeps the same number of records as the table in the original page. However, its X value is reset to 0 for both static and absolute positions so as to show as many columns as possible. The height of each table row for overflow columns is the same as the corresponding row height in the original page.

Data type: Boolean

SuppressPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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 EmptyQuery Page ReportSpecifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to it.

Data type: Boolean

Suppress When No RecordsPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component.

Data type: Boolean

Border
Border ColorPage 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 ThicknessPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Bottom LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Left LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Right LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Top LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

TOC
Anchor Display ValuePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies 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 AnchorPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the TOC of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Accessibility
External CSS Class SelectorQuery Page ReportSpecifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output.

Data type: String

External IDQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

External StyleQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute style, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

SummaryQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute summary, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

Note icon For the Table object in web reports and library components, Logi Report Engine can only render the properties that are available in the Web Report Studio Inspector panel at runtime.

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