Chapter 4 Managing a Report

Defining an object selection for a selected report item

When you call the Select Objects dialog box from a report item in the Report Items pane, you can select instances of objects and order them in the printed report.

Note: the Select Objects dialog box only displays instances of object selected at the global level, in the Report Object Selection dialog box. For more information about the global selection, see the "Making a global object selection for the report" section.

To order selected objects, use the arrows in the lower left corner. You can also automatically sort objects alphabetically in ascending or descending order by clicking a column header. You have to click OK to commit the selection in the report.

If you click the Switch to Criterion button you display the Define Sort and Filter dialog box and you do not commit the selection of ordered objects.

To define an object selection for a selected report item:

1. Right-click a book or a model-dependent List item in the Report Items pane and select Selection.
   
   or
   
   (Matrix items only) Right-click a matrix item in the Report Items pane and select Row Selection or Column Selection.
   
   The Define Sort and Filter dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the Switch to Criterion button in the lower left corner of the dialog box to display the Select Objects dialog box.
   
   
   The list displays objects selected in the Report Object Selection dialog box.
3. Select or clear the check box beside objects you want to display or remove from the report.
4. Use the arrows in the lower left corner to define a display order for the objects.
5. Click OK.

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