Index
B
banded report writers, 22
bands. See sections
bar chart maps, 316,
317
bar charts,
300
Basic Syntax. See syntax
BeforeReadingRecords formula,
361–362,
597
BI (business intelligence), 3
binary operators,
105
Blank Reports, 4, 4, 345, 345
BMP (bitmap) images, See also pictures
adding to repository, 134, 134
.BMP extension, 26
embedding, 79–80, 80
bookmark options, 99, 101
Boolean data, formatting, 64, 65
bordersClose Border on Page Break option, 58, 59
text object, formatting, 60–61, 61
boxesdrawing, 26, 26
formatting, 69–70, 70–71
browsing, See also Object Browser; web browsers
for data files, 8, 8
field data, 13, 13, 99, 100, 233–234, 234
bubble charts,
301
building reports,
3–29, See also formatting; modifying
adding repository objects, 139–141, 139
Blank Reports, 4, 4, 345
choosing wizards, 4–6, 4–5
in Design modecreating groups, 15, 16, 148–149, 149
deleting groups, 154
drawing boxes, 26, 26
indenting groups, 25, 25, 152, 152
inserting lines, 26, 26
inserting pictures, 26–27, 27
overview of, 21–22, 21
rearranging groups, 153–154, 154
sections in, 24, 24, 208–209, 208–209
displaying group selection formulas in, 158, 158
menus and, 24–25, 25
moving objects, 27, 27
and naming, 28
and navigating, 19
overview of, 3, 18, 28–29, 28
page count estimates and, 19, 19
Preview mode andgroup tree in, 20, 21
overview of, 19, 19
purpose of, 20, 20
sections in, 24, 24
resizing objects, 27, 27
and saving, 4–5, 27, 31
section bands and, 22–24, 23–24
setting up, 4–6, 4–5
using Standard Report Creation Wizardadding fields, 12–14, 12–14
adding tables, 9–12, 10–11
applying templates, 349, 349
automatic fields, 21, 22
connecting to data, 6–9, 6, 8–9
defined, 5,
5–6
grouping fields, 14–15, 14–15
sequencing fields, 14, 14
sorting groups, 15, 15
subreports, 168–169, 169
summarizing data, 16–18, 16–18
toolbars/title bars and, 24–25, 25
warning, 27
built-in functions. See formulas
business intelligence (BI), 3