Formatting Reports

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to apply display, appearance, and layout settings to enhance report readability and presentation in a Web Intelligence document.

Format Reports

To view formatting settings, select a report and then select the Report Element Format tab.

A pie chart of sales revenue by year is selected, with an arrow pointing to a toolbar offering display, appearance, and layout customization options.

Display Settings

  • General section: Description.
  • Layout section: Report header, Report footer.
  • Hide section: Hide always, Hide when formula is true.

Appearance Settings

  • Background section: No color, Color.
  • Background section \ Pattern sub-section: None, Skin, URL, File, Linear Gradient.
  • Hyperlink section: Visited, Unvisited.
  • Borders section: Border color, Border styles, Border thickness, All borders, No border, Border top Border left, Border bottom, Border right.

Layout Settings

  • Quick Display Mode section: Rows, Columns.
  • Print Layout section: Size, Orientation.
  • Print Layout section \ Margins sub-section: Top, Bottom, Left, Right.
  • Print Layout section \ Scaling sub-section: Adjust to, Fit to.

For more information about this topic, please read SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence User's Guide

Let's Summarize What You've Learned

  • Access formatting options through the Report Element Format tab.
  • Adjust display settings, including headers, footers, and conditional hiding.
  • Customize appearance with background colors, patterns, hyperlinks, and borders.
  • Configure layout for Quick Display or Print Layout modes.
  • Set print layout size, orientation, margins, and scaling for output.

Learning

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