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    Controlling the Automatic Presentation

    Once you've added an automatic presentation to your report, you can control it as follows:

    To Do this
    Exclude a column from being presented Either: 1) hide the column or 2) Right-click the Column Header. Uncheck Presentation
    Include a column in presentation By default, all visible columns are automatically presented. So if you add a calculation column it will automatically show in the automatic presentation. If you previously unchecked Presentation
    Change the column style mapping Each column is automatically mapped to a default style. For instance, the grouped column is mapped to the style GROUP. You can change the default style as follows: Right-click the Column Header. Select Map to style -> and select the desired styles from the available styles. See Automatic Presentation Styles for more information.
    Change how the presentation looks SeeAutomatic Presentation Styles.
    Change the report grouping level Just change the grouping level in the data tab, the Automatic presentation automatically updates itself. Also, if you move the grouped column, the automatic presentation will track the movement.
    Add a chart or formula Click Refresh . Then add any chart or formula you want using Excel notation. DAS will automatically track the formula and chart as the data in the data tab changes (e.g. with different queries).
    Add row above the presentation area Click Refresh . In Excel, insert a row. Also, you can click Presentation
    Remove/Edit text for Totals row By default, the automatic presentation prefixes the total lines with the word "Total -" and the label of the group. E.g. Total - Bank account. To change this behavior, click Presentation
    Toggle Excel outlining By default, when you add an Automatic presentation, DAS does not add Excel outlining to the presentation. To add Excel outlining (i.e. +/- group collapsing in Excel), click Presentation
    Remove the Automatic Presentation from your report Right-click the Column Header. Select Presentation
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