Properties and Formatting: Grid

The Grid section in the Properties and Formatting dialog box lets you choose how to format grids in your documents. See the options below:

Note: The Grid options are displayed only if a Grid/Graph is selected.

 

Headers

Rows

Show: The row headers of the grid are visible in the document.

Merge: The row headers of the grid are merged into one another.

Lock: You cannot realign or shift the row headers of the grid once the document is executed.

Columns

Show: The column headers of the grid are visible in the document.

Merge: The columns headers of the grid are merged into one another.

Lock: You cannot realign or shift the column headers of the grid once the document is executed.

View

  1. Outline: Toggle outline mode on or off in the selected grid.

    Show Banding: Determine whether banding is visible on the selected grid once the document is executed.

    Show attribute form names: Specify whether attribute form names appear on the selected grid once the document is executed. An attribute form is one of several columns associated with an attribute that are different aspects of the same thing. ID, Name, Last Name, Long Description, and Abbreviation could all be forms of the attribute Customer.

    Remove extra column: Determine whether the word Metrics appears on the report.

    Show thresholds: Toggle thresholds on or off in the selected grid. This option is available only if thresholds exist in the selected grid.

Drilling:

  1. Enable drilling: Specify whether or not drilling will be activated on the document. The drill options are:

    1. No drilling: Users cannot select the drilling options in the Grid/Graph.

      Drill within: Users can only drill objects that are within the dataset report.

      Drill anywhere: Users can drill on attributes other than those available in the dataset.

Related Topics

Properties and Formatting: Color and Lines

Properties and Formatting: Font

Properties and Formatting: Number

Properties and Formatting: Alignment

Properties and Formatting Dialog Box

 

 

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