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User’s Guide


Inserting Fields

You can insert database fields and all types of user-defined fields, except text fields, on the report layout. Follow these steps to insert a field:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Edit Insert Field.
    • Press INSERT.
    • Click the right mouse button.
    • The Insert Field dialog box appears:

      The Database/Table Selection list displays the names of all the connected databases and an option called User Defined Fields. The User Defined Fields option accesses all the user-defined fields for the report definition. That is, it accesses all the calculated, aggregate, and memo fields available for this report definition.

      To display fields in the Field List, click the table name or the type of field. For example, if you click on the Customer Table, all the fields defined for the Customer table appear in the Field List.

  2. Position the edit cursor where you want to insert the field. If the Insert Field dialog box covers the area of the layout where you want to insert the field, move the dialog box to another part of the screen.
  3. Select the field you want to insert from the Fields List.
  4. If you want to automatically insert the field label on the report layout, activate the Include Field Label toggle box.
  5. When Report Builder inserts the fields, it places the field name on the band line directly above the inserted field and underlines the field name.

  6. Choose Insert. If you want to insert additional fields, repeat Steps 2 through 4.
  7. When you are done inserting fields, choose Close to return to the report layout.

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