View Tab

In this section:

The View tab provides access to report design viewing options in the Design, Show/Hide, Data Panel, Query Panel, Output Window, and Report groups. It is shown in the following image.

View Tab


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Design Group

For more information, see Design Group.


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Show/Hide Group

The Show/Hide group contains commands for choosing different viewing options while working with reports and output. The default view shows both the Resources panel and the Results panel at the same time.

The commands are:


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Data Panel Group

The Data Panel group contains commands to display data source fields in the Data pane (Resources panel), using different views that are labeled Logical (default), List, and Structured. All three views provide options for displaying each data source field as a Title, Description, Field, or Alias. The List view also includes options to show the Alias, Format, and Reference of each field.

The following is an example of the default Logical view, displaying the Title of each field.

Logical view

The following is an example of the List view, displaying the (data source) Field Name of each field.

List View

The following is an example of the Structured view, displaying the Description of each field.

Structured View


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Query Panel Group

The Query Panel group contains commands to display the filter and data source field containers in the Query Design pane in the following ways: provide three different views of the Query Design pane, Areas 2x2, Areas 1x4, and Tree (default).

The following image shows the Query Design pane when Areas 2x2 is selected for a report.

Query Panel Areas 2x2

The following image shows the Query Design pane when Areas 1x4 is selected for a report.

Query Panel Areas 1x4

The following image shows the Query Design pane when Tree is selected for a report.

Query Panel Tree


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Output Window Group

The Output Window group contains three menus for setting output display. The menus are:


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Report Group (Reports)

The Report Group for reports contains the Switch Report drop-down menu which lists any active report or chart to which you can switch to.

You can also switch reports from the status bar. For more information, see Using the Status Bar.


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