Insert a Formatting Object in a Report

Block

Adds an empty block, which is a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear.

Table

Adds a table, which is a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear.

Field set

Adds an empty block that has a caption. This is similar to the Block object, but with a caption.

Intersection (tuple)

Adds an intersection (tuple). For more information, see Create an intersection (tuple).

Query calculation

Adds a calculated column. For more information, see Using relational calculations or Using Dimensional Calculations.

Layout calculation

Adds run-time information to the report layout, such as the current date. For more information, see Create a Layout Calculation in the Relational Reporting Style chapter or Create a Layout Calculation in the Dimensional Reporting Style chapter.

Crosstab space

Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. Blank cells appear for the edge when the report is run.

Insert this object when a crosstab edge does not produce useful data and you want blanks to appear in the cells instead.

Crosstab space (with fact cells)

Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge. The contents of the fact cells for the edge are rendered when a measure is added or the default measure is specified.

• If the crosstab space is nested, the scope of the fact cells is the scope of the item that is at the level before the space.
• If the crosstab space is not nested and there are no items nested below it, the scope of the fact cells is the default measure.

Singleton

Inserts a single data item. For more information, see Inserting a single data item

Conditional blocks

Adds an empty block that you can use for conditional formatting.

HTML item

Adds a container in which you can insert HTML code. HTML items can be anything that your browser will execute, including links, images, multimedia, tooltips, or JavaScript.

HTML items appear only when you run the report in HTML format.

Rich text item

Inserts an object that is used to render HTML in the layout. This object is similar to the HTML Item, except that rich text items also render in PDF output. Using rich text items is useful when you want to add annotations defined in a data source to a report.

Hyperlink

Adds a hyperlink so that users can jump to another place, such as a Web site.

Hyperlink button

Adds a hyperlink in the form of a button.

As-of-time expression

Adds an As of Time expression so that you can show data for a specific time period.

Date

Adds the current date.

Time

Adds the current time.

Page number

Inserts page numbers that you can customize.

Row number

Numbers each row of data returned when the report is run.

Layout component reference

Adds a reference to another object. Useful when you want to reuse an object.

Table of contents

Creates a table of contents that is rendered in the output of a report.

Table of contents entry

Adds a table of contents marker.

Bookmark

Inserts a bookmark so that users can move from one part of a report to another.

Custom control

Adds a custom user interface in JavaScript. For more information, see Adding JavaScript to a report.