Column Reports as Layouts

Column reports as layouts are prepared by first designing the column report. The column report is any column report that you create, with any filters.

To prepare a Column layout report, choose the Create layouts for existing reports from the Query / Report Options list and press the GO button. After pressing the radio button Column Report at the top of the screen, you will see the following:


Preparing a column layout

To prepare the report:

  • Within the field Select report to run, you will see a list of all the Column reports that are possible to select. The report for your layout must exist before you create the layout
  • Enter the text for the report header and for the legend to appear under the header
  • For each of the report header, the legend, the column header, the row title and the data display, you can set the style of the output by using the button. When you hold your mouse over the button, you will see a summary of the style that is set. When you click on this button, you will see a pop up window where you can set the style


    • Setting the style of an element on a PDF report

  • You are able to create complex, multi-line headers above the columns of data, using the capability in the Optional Report Headers section. You define the number of header rows, and then for each row you can define how many individual headers you require, and how many columns each of these will span. Please be careful to calculate these numbers accurately, as ExtraView does no checking and incorrect calculations will lead to strange-looking results. The diagram on the screen shows how the optional headers will appear.
  • When you have completed the screen, Save the report. Note that you cannot run the report directly; it must first be placed in a container report before you can run it and output it to a PDF.

Example Column Layout

First create and save a column report. For our example, we created a Column report with several fields.

Now we will place this report onto the layout:


Sample Column Layout

Note that we simply used the style buttons to embellish the column report output to the PDF. As a result, it looks like the following sample report.


Sample Column Report