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Treegrid reports are similar in nature to column reports, but they are specifically designed to be used with hierarchical reports.  The basic principles are:

• The issues within each level of the hierarchy will appear as different rows within the report output
• The issues are contained within expandable / collapsible sections within the report.  Each level may be opened or closed with a single mouse click
• The levels of the hierarchy are highlighted with indentations and background shading to aid the user in navigating over many issues
• There is an option on whether the report output repeats the column headings at each level of the report, or only display the titles as a single row at the head of the report.

The selections within the report editor are similar to those within the Column report editor.  The principal differences are:

• The report option titled Display Titles at Each Hierarchy Level​ implements a distinct difference in the appearance of the report results.  Without this option selected the report output may look like the following.  When the same fields from each level of the report are displayed, they are consolidated into the same column of the report, and only one title row is displayed:

  
  ​With the report titles being repeated, the output will look like the following with titles appearing before each set of child issues.  Each set of fields from each level of the report is displayed independently:

  

• When you have selected buttons (View, Edit, Quickedit, History or Delete) at any level of the report, they are consolidated and placed at the left-hand edge of the fields
• It is recommended that you make use of the width option for each field to better present the fields across the report.  This is accessed for each field by right-clicking the red button by each field within the report editor.  Without choosing Display Titles at Each Hierarchy Level​, only the widths at the parent level are recognized.  When choosing this option, you may vary the field width for each field, at each level of the hierarchy:

  

Output to Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel & Text

There is a subtle, but useful difference when outputting a Treegrid report to these formats.  First, reports are always output in Expanded mode as there is no equivalent to clicking on sections of the report to expand and shrink the sections of the report.  Instead, ExtraView places a numerical outline at the beginning of the report rows, allowing the user to easily view the levels in the hierarchy.  An example in Excel is:

Sorting Fields on Child Levels

The sorting of fields at the base level of a hierarchical report is straightforward, and identical to the sorting of non-hierarchical reports, using the field selector where up to eight fields may be sorted.  It is sometimes desirable to sort fields on the child levels of hierarchical reports.  Consider the following output, where the Document # field exists at two child levels in a 3-level hierarchy.  It should be clear why it is important to sort the Document # field at all levels of the report.

This configuration is achieved through the field selector at the parent level of the report editor.  You must place the ID # (ID) field as the primary sort order, and the field you want to sort on - Document # in this case - as the second sort field.  Then you right-click on the red button of both sort fields and set the Hierarchy Level to a value of  * All Levels *.