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The Data Tree |
  
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The Data Tree |
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Topic Level: Advanced Report Design
The Print Templates editor contains a Report Wizard that allows you to quickly create an entire report layout. However, you can also create a report by dragging and dropping a selection of fields from the Data Tree.
The Data Tree has two tabs:
- In the top tree view, the ‘Data’ tab contains a list of data pipelines to which the report has access (e.g. Properties; Rooms; Features etc).
- In the bottom list view, all of the fields for the currently selected data pipeline are displayed.
Fields can be selected in the bottom list view and dragged to any part of the report layout.
The Layout Tab
The second tab of the Data Tree is called 'Layout'. This tab allows you to control the behavior of drag-and-drop. Here, you decide what should be created when you drag fields from the data list and drop them onto the report.
Once you have set the drag-and-drop behavior, it will be remembered the next time you open the Print Templates Editor..
At the bottom of the Data Tree window, the Layout tab allows
| • | Select All to create labels, fields and borders. |
| • | Select Vertical to create vertical labels and fields |
| • | Select Fields to create fields. |
| • | Select Grid to create fields surrounded by borders. |
| • | Select Font to open a window where you can select the font and style for fields. |
You can decide what should be created when you drag these fields onto the report layout - fields only, fields with borders, labels with borders; or fields and labels with borders. Select these options on the Layout tab.
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