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User’s Guide


Specifying Default Prompting

Follow these steps to specify whether Report Builder prompts you to use the Instant Layout option when you create a new report:

  1. Choose Options Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears:
  2. Choose whether you want Report Builder to prompt you for the Instant Layout. Table 13–1 lists the available options. The default is Prompt.
  3. Table 13–1: Instant Layout Use Options 
    Option
    Description
    Prompt
    Report Builder prompts you to use the Instant Layout each time you create a new report definition.
    Always Use
    Report Builder provides the Instant Layout each time you create a new report definition.
    Never Use
    Report Builder starts with a blank layout each time you create a new report.

  4. If you chose Prompt or Always Use in Step 2, choose whether you want Report Builder to automatically place all fields in the Instant Layout. Table 13–2 lists the available options. The default is Select Fields.
  5. Table 13–2: Instant Report Use Options 
    Option
    Description
    Select Fields
    Report Builder prompts you to specify which fields from the selected table you want to include.
    All Fields
    Report Builder automatically includes all the fields from the selected table, or as many as will fit on one band line.

  6. Choose OK to return to the report layout.

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