Ribbons
You can switch between features in Designer using the following ribbons: Home, File, View , Insert, Format, Report, and Window. This topic introduces the options in each ribbon.
Ribbon | Option | Suboptions | Description |
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Home | Catalog Manager | Select to open the Catalog Manager. | |
New | Page Report | Select to create a page report. | |
Page Report Tab | Select to create a report tab in the current page report. | ||
Web Report | Select to create a blank web report. | ||
Library Component | Select to create a library component. | ||
Query | Select to create a query. | ||
Business View | Select to create a business view. | ||
Data Source | Select to create a data source in the current catalog which connects to the specified connection. For more information, see Connecting to Your Data Sources. | ||
Open | Select to display the Open Report dialog box to open a report. | ||
Save | Select to save the active report. | ||
Page Setup | Select to open the Page Setup dialog box to set up page properties. | ||
Select to print the current report. | |||
Preview As | Select to preview the report in the specified format. | ||
Paste | Select to take an object from the clipboard and place it into the report. | ||
Cut | Select to erase an object and place it in the clipboard. | ||
Copy | Select to copy an object and place it in the clipboard. | ||
Delete | Select to erase an object from the report. | ||
Undo | Select to reverse a previous action. | ||
Redo | Select to redo an action. It is the counter-operation of Undo. | ||
Find | Select to find a specific DBField in the current report. | ||
Freeze | Select to freeze fields in a table. After you select the option, Designer stops the fields in a table from accepting any mouse or keyboard events. | ||
Split/Merge | This option works for cells in a table or tabular. When you select one cell, Designer enables the Split option for splitting the cell into two or more cells, when you select two or more cells, Designer enables the Merge opton for merging the cells into one cell. | ||
Font Face | Select the font face of the text in the specified objects. | ||
Font Size | Select the font size of the text in the specified objects. | ||
Style | Select the style group to apply to the specified objects. | ||
Bold | Select to apply bold formatting to the text in the specified objects. | ||
Italic | Select to italicize the text in the specified objects. | ||
Underline | Select to add a horizontal line under the text in the specified objects. | ||
Strikethrough | Select to draw a line through the text in the specified objects. | ||
Background Color | Select to specify the background color of the selected objects in the color palette. | ||
Foreground Color | Select to specify the foreground color of the selected objects in the color palette. | ||
Conditional Formatting | Select to open the Conditional Formatting dialog box to add conditional formatting to the specified object. | ||
Insert | Select to insert the specified object into the current report. The objects are also available on the Insert tab. | ||
Align | Align Left | Select to shift the specified objects to the left. | |
Align Right | Select to shift the specified objects to the right. | ||
Align Top | Select to shift the specified objects to the top. | ||
Align Bottom | Select to shift the specified objects to the bottom. | ||
Vertical Center | Select to align the specified objects in the center vertically. | ||
Horizontal Center | Select to align the specified objects in the center horizontally. | ||
Distribute Vertical | Select to space the specified objects evenly in a vertical direction. | ||
Distribute Horizontal | Select to space the specified objects evenly in a horizontal direction. | ||
Arrange | Move Backward | Select to place the specified objects that overlap one or more objects behind the current overlapping object. | |
Move To Back | Select to place the specified objects that overlap one or more objects behind all the overlapping objects. | ||
Move Forward | Select to bring the specified objects that overlap one or more objects to the front of the current overlapping object. | ||
Move To Front | Select to bring the specified objects that overlap one or more objects to the front of all the overlapping objects. | ||
Position | Static | Select to place the specified objects to the default location. Similar to "flow" since it does not overlap objects, Designer lays out the objects one after the other in the order you insert them. | |
Relative | Select to place the specified objects to "flow" relating to its surrounding objects. | ||
Absolute | Select to place the specified objects to the location that you specify by dragging and dropping or setting the X and Y properties. | ||
Zoom | Select to zoom in or out the current report using the specified percentage. | ||
Data | Select to show the Data panel. | ||
Components | Select to show the Components panel. | ||
Inspector | Select show the Inspector panel. | ||
Language | <view mode language> | Select the language to preview the report in Designer. | |
NLS Editor | Select to edit NLS for the current report and catalog. | ||
CSS Editor | Select to manage CSS styles. | ||
File | New | Page Report | Select to create a page report. |
Page Report Tab | Select to create a report tab in the current page report. | ||
Web Report | Select to create a blank web report. | ||
Library Component | Select to create a library component. | ||
Query | Select to create a query. | ||
Business View | Select to create a business view. | ||
Data Source | Select to create a data source in the current catalog which connects to the specified connection. For more information, see Connecting to Your Data Sources. | ||
Open Recent | Select to open a recently accessed report. | ||
Close | Select to close the active report. | ||
Close All | Select to close all open reports. | ||
Save | Select to save the active report. | ||
Save As | Select to save the active report with a different name in the current directory. | ||
Save To | Select to save the active report with a different name to another directory. This command also merges the report's resources to the other directory by either creating a new .cat file (if there is no .cat file in that directory), or merging with the existing .cat file (if a .cat file already exists in that directory). | ||
New Catalog | Select to create a catalog file. | ||
Open Catalog | Select to open a catalog file. | ||
Save Catalog | Select to save the open catalog file. | ||
Save Catalog As | Select to save the open catalog file with a different name to another directory. | ||
Export Security | Select to export the security of the open catalog into a security file. | ||
Import | Page Report | Select to import report tabs to a page report from another page report in the same catalog. | |
Export | Select to export the current report to the specified format: Report Result, HTML, PDF, Excel, Text, RTF, XML, PostScript, Mail, or Fax. | ||
Publish | Publish Report to Server | Select to publish reports from their original location to Server. | |
Publish Component to Server | Select to publish library components from their original location to Server. | ||
Publish Other Files to Server | Select to publish other resources from their original location to Server. | ||
Publish to Local Directory | Select to publish resources from their original location to a local directory. | ||
Download | Download Report from Server | Select to download reports on Server to a local directory. | |
Download Component from Server | Select to download library components on Server to a local directory. | ||
Download Customized Control from Server | Select to download customized controls on Server to a local directory. | ||
Options | Select to open the Options dialog box to configure Designer to suit your requirements. | ||
Information Bus | Select to open the Information Bus dialog box to edit the Information Bus content saved with user information in the current catalog. | ||
Page Setup | Select to open the Page Setup dialog box to set up page properties. | ||
Print Preview | Select to switch to the view mode to preview the report. | ||
Select to print the current report. | |||
Exit | Select to close Designer. If there are any files unsaved, Designer prompts you to save them. | ||
View | Catalog Manager | Select to open the Catalog Manager. | |
Preview As | Select to preview the report in the specified format. | ||
Data | Select to show the Data panel. | ||
Components | Select to show the Components panel. | ||
Inspector | Select to show the Inspector panel. | ||
Hidden Objects | Select to show the invisible objects in design mode. If you select this option, Designer shows all the hidden objects (with the Invisible property value being "true") in design mode however marks them with two triangles. Selecting this option may result in that you are not able to see the complete report in design mode. | ||
Status Bar | Select to show the status bar. | ||
Page Header | Select to show the page header. | ||
Page Footer | Select to show the page footer. | ||
Page Layout | Select to show the report using page layout style, which displays the page margins and enables multiple pages. | ||
Rulers | Select to show the vertical and horizontal rulers. | ||
Guidelines | Select to show guidelines. | ||
Margin | Select to show page margins. | ||
Display Attributes | Select to open the Display Attribute dialog box to specify the precision of fractional data, the unit of measurement in the report, and the resolution. | ||
High Precision View | Select to display reports in high precision when shifting from design mode to view mode. If you do not select the option, Designer adopts low precision. For more information about high/low precision, see Precision Sensitive. Designer selects this option by default. You can also set its default value in the Options dialog box. | ||
Data Buffer | Select to open the Data Buffer Information dialog box to view the information about data buffer usage in the current report and its subreports. | ||
Language | <view mode language> | Select the language to preview the report in Designer. | |
NLS Editor | Select to edit NLS for the current report and catalog. | ||
CSS Editor | Select to manage CSS styles. | ||
Insert | DBField | Select to insert a DBField into the current report. | |
Formula | Select to insert a formula field into the current report. | ||
Summary | Select to insert a summary field into the current report. | ||
Parameter | Select to insert a parameter field into the current report. | ||
Group | Select to create and edit the criteria by which to group the fields of a table or banded object. You can access the same dialog box by right-clicking the table or banded object and selecting the wizard for it. For more information, see Grouping the Data. | ||
Label | Select to insert a label into the current report. | ||
Text Box | Select to insert a text box into the current report. | ||
Image | Select to insert an image into the current report. | ||
Barcode | Select to insert a barcode into the current report. | ||
Rank | Select to insert a rank object into the current report. | ||
Table | Select to insert a table into the current report. | ||
Crosstab | Select to insert a crosstab into the current report. | ||
Chart | Select to insert a chart into the current report. | ||
KPI | Select to insert a KPI into the current report. | ||
Tabular | Select to insert a tabular into the current report. | ||
Banded Object | Select to insert a banded object into the current report. | ||
Subreport | Select to insert a subreport into the current report. | ||
Map | Shape Map | Select to insert a shape map into the current report. | |
Geographic Map | Select to insert a geographic map into the current report. | ||
UDO | Select to insert a user-defined object (UDO) into the current report. Designer provides two built-in UDOs, JRotator and JHyperLink. | ||
Special Fields | Select to insert the specified special field which is not fetched from the database into the current report. | ||
Drawing Objects | Select to draw a line, box, arc, oval, or round box in the current report. | ||
Web Controls | Select to insert the specified web control into the current report. | ||
Multimedia Objects | Select to insert the specified multimedia object into the current report. You can insert applets, Windows Media files, and RealMedia files. | ||
Page Break | Select to insert a page break before or after the current page. | ||
Page Panel | Select to insert a page panel in the current report. | ||
TOC Page | Select to add a table of contents in the current report. | ||
Format | Align Left | Select to shift the specified objects to the left. | |
Align Right | Select to shift the specified objects to the right. | ||
Align Top | Select to shift the specified objects to the top. | ||
Align Bottom | Select to shift the specified objects to the bottom. | ||
Vertical Center | Select to align the specified objects in the center vertically. | ||
Horizontal Center | Select to align the specified objects in the center horizontally. | ||
Distribute Vertical | Select to space the specified objects evenly in a vertical direction. | ||
Distribute Horizontal | Select to space the specified objects evenly in a horizontal direction. | ||
Align Box | Select how to align the content in the specified objects. | ||
Move Backward | Select to place the specified objects that overlap one or more objects behind the current overlapping object. | ||
Move To Back | Select to place the specified objects that overlap one or more objects behind all the overlapping objects. | ||
Move Forward | Select to bring the specified objects that overlap one or more objects to the front of the current overlapping object. | ||
Move To Front | Select to bring the specified objects that overlap one or more objects to the front of all the overlapping objects. | ||
Position | Select the position of the specified objects. | ||
Font Face | Select the font face of the text in the specified objects. | ||
Font Size | Select the font size of the text in the specified objects. | ||
Style | Select the style group to apply to the specified objects. | ||
Bold | Select to apply bold formatting to the text in the specified objects. | ||
Italic | Select to italicize the text in the specified objects. | ||
Underline | Select to add a horizontal line under the text in the specified objects. | ||
Strikethrough | Select to draw a line through the text in the specified objects. | ||
Background Color | Select to specify the background color of the selected objects in the color palette. | ||
Foreground Color | Select to specify the foreground color of the selected objects in the color palette. | ||
Conditional Formatting | Select to open the Conditional Formatting dialog box to add conditional formatting to the specified object. | ||
Left | Select to align the content of the specified objects to the left border of the objects. | ||
Center | Select to align the content of the specified objects in the center of the objects. | ||
Right | Select to align the content of the specified objects to the right border of the objects. | ||
Justify | Select to adjust the horizontal spacing of the specified objects so as to align the content evenly along both the left and right margins in the objects. | ||
Select All | Select to select all the objects in the current report. | ||
Report | Manage Dataset | Select to manage the datasets in the current page report. | |
Edit Display Name | Select to customize the display names of data fields in datasets created on query resources in the current page report. | ||
Edit Sort & Filter | Select to predefine sort and filter conditions for tables, charts, crosstabs, and banded objects that use query resources in the current page report. | ||
Bursting | Select to edit the current page report to become a bursting report. The page report must have groups to enable bursting. | ||
Manage Page Reports | Select to manage the page reports in the current catalog by organizing them into folders. | ||
Parameter Order | Select to customize the display order of parameters at report level. | ||
Bind Data | Select to bind a data resource to the current report body. | ||
Manage Customized Control | Select to manage customized controls. | ||
Window | Cascade | Select to cascade the design windows of the open reports. | |
Tile Horizontally | Select to tile the design windows of the open reports horizontally. | ||
Tile Vertically | Select to tile the design windows of the open reports vertically. | ||
Switch Windows | Select to open the design window of the specified report. Designer marks the name of the currently open report with a tick. You can select another report to activate its design window. |
Color Palette
When editing the color of an object in Designer, you work with the color palette.
The color palette contains several color swatches and three buttons: Automatic, More Colors, and More Fill Effects. The Automatic button indicates the default color of the selected object. Selecting it restores the color of the object to its default value. The More Fill Effects button is not always available in the color palette. It appears when the selected object supports fill effect.
To specify a color using the color palette
- Select a color swatch.
- If you want to customize a color for a wider range, select More Colors and specify the color in the Pick a Color dialog box.
- When the More Fill Effects button is available, you can select it to specify a fill effect using the Fill Effects dialog box.
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