Create an Automatic ProReport Presentation
Overview
Create a ProReport from an existing Report that looks and behaves similar to the Report. Automatic generation of columns, groupings, summaries, and styles, with behavior support for collapse/expand, group levels, group summaries, and list calculations.
Automatic ProReport Generation
An automatic presentation to ProReport will generate the following report bands:
- Top Margin Band for displaying the title (default title is the name of the underlying Report).
- Group Header Band(s) for captions and any columns that are grouped in the Report. Fields in the caption band have the Evaluate as Caption property enabled.
- Group Footer Band(s) for displaying group summaries.
- Report Footer Band for displaying any grand totals.
- Bottom Margin Band showing page information for the date and the page number.
The following behavior is automatically implemented:
- Collapse/Expand Drilldown of Group Header and Group Footer bands for report groupings.
- Visibility expressions for report group summaries, to show/hide summaries at the appropriate collapse/expand level.
- String formatting expressions for displaying list calculation labels.
Example Report
Wizard ProReport Generation
Wizard presentation to ProReport will invoke the Report Wizard dialog which will allow the selection of custom options for the ProReport such as Report Type (Blank, Table Report, Vertical Report, CrossTab Report, Labels, or Template), Page Settings, and Color Scheme.
The Report Wizard can be invoked from an existing ProReport by clicking the Report Wizard button from the Quick Start ribbon bar menu.
Note
Running the Report Wizard from an existing ProReport will overwrite the report with a new report based on the selections in the wizard.
Automatic Application of Style Sheets
When a report is automatically generated via Automatic Presentation or through the Wizard, a default Style Sheet contained in the Public Report Gallery will be applied to the report.
Default Style Sheet
The Default Style Sheet is the Style Sheet that is applied during creation of auto generated reports. Any Style Sheet that exists in the Public Gallery can be made the default style sheet.
To make a Public Gallery Style Sheet the default, select the desired public Style Sheet, Right + Click and select the Make Default option.
Styles will automatically be applied to Group Header, Group Footer, Detail, and Report Footer bands.
Gray Style Sheet
If an existing public Style Sheet is not made the default, then a default will be created. The default will have be based on the Gray color scheme. See above example report.