Chapter 6. Formatting Reports
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Using sorts
- Using calculations
- Using sections and breaks
- Ranking
- Conditional rules
- Data tracking
- Outline and fold
Introduction
Traditionally, we can distinguish between two stages of work while interacting with the Web Intelligence reports:
- Building the query: This includes defining the query, dragging the result objects, and setting the query filters
- Formatting the report: After the data is retrieved by the query, we are no longer interacting with the database. We are formatting the results using the Web Intelligence toolbars, left-hand side panes, and the rest of the report functionality
Formatting report results is the main part of interacting with Web Intelligence reports. ...
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