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

borders

Close Border on Page Break option, 58, 59

text object, formatting, 60–61, 61

boxes

drawing, 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 mode

creating 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 and

group 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 Wizard

adding 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