Report Studio

Inserting Formatting Objects in a Report

In addition to text and images, the toolbox tab in the Insertable Objects pane contains other objects that you can add to the report layout.

Object	Description
Query Calculation	Adds a calculated column.
Layout Calculation	Adds a calculation in the layout that contains run-time information, such as current date, current time, and user name
Block	Adds an empty block, a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear. Note: You can use blocks to add space between objects. However, empty blocks are not rendered. You must insert an object or specify the height and width.
Table	Adds a table, a container in which you can insert other objects. This is useful for controlling where objects appear.
Hyperlink	Adds a hyperlink so that users can jump to another place, such as a Web site.
Row Number	Numbers each row of data returned when the report is run. Note: You can add row numbers only to lists and repeaters.
HTML Item	Adds a container in which you can insert HTML code. HTML items can be anything that your browser will execute, including links, images, multimedia, tooltips, or JavaScript. HTML items appear only when you run the report in HTML format. Note: You cannot include <form> tags in HTML items.
Rich Text Item	Inserts an object that is used to render HTML in the layout. This object is similar to the HTML Item, except that rich text items also render in PDF output. Using rich text items is useful when you want to add annotations defined in a data source to a report. Note: Rich text items support only a restricted set of well-formed XHTML.
Layout Component Reference	Adds a reference to another object. Useful when you want to reuse an object.
Conditional Blocks	Adds an empty block that you can use for conditional formatting.
Field Set	Adds an empty block that has a caption. This is similar to the Block object, but with a caption.
Hyperlink Button	Adds a hyperlink in the form of a button.
As of Time Expression	Adds the As of Time expression.
Crosstab Space	Inserts an empty cell on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge.
Crosstab Space (with Text)	Inserts a cell with a text item on a crosstab edge. Allows for the insertion of non-data cells on an edge.

The toolbox tab contains other objects when you work in Query Explorer and in Condition Explorer. You can also add your own objects to the toolbox, such as a company logo that you use often. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide.

To Add an Object to a Report

To add an object, drag or double-click it from the toolbox tab .

For information about each report type, see Types of Reports. For information about each prompt control and prompt buttons, see Adding Prompts.