Managing a column

This section describes how to use Interactive Viewer to change the order of columns in a report, delete report columns that are not necessary, hide existing columns, and display hidden columns. When you delete a column from the report, you cannot insert it back into the report design at a later time. If you might have a need for data in the column later on, you can hide the column, and display it whenever necessary.

How to reorder columns

You can move columns to change the order of columns in a report table in one of the following ways:

Choose the column to select it, then drag the column from its original location, and drop it in a new location, whose position is indicated by an arrow that appears on the top of the column label.

Choose Column→Move To Left from the context menu to move the column to the left of the previous column.

Choose Column→Move To Right from the context menu to move the column to the right of the column next to it.

Alternatively, complete the following steps to move a column:

1	Select the column. From the context menu on the column toolbar, choose Column→Reorder Columns. Arrange Columns appears, as shown in Figure 5-3.

Figure 5-3

Arranging columns in Interactive Viewer

2	In Available Columns, select the column to move. Choose the up or down arrow on the right until the column is in the correct position. Moving a column up in the list, moves it to the left in the report. Moving a column down in the list, moves it to the right in the report. Choose OK.

How to remove one or more columns from the report

To remove a column, select the column and press Delete. You can also select the column, then choose Column→Delete Column from the context menu.

To remove multiple columns, press Ctrl when selecting columns. Then, use the previously described method to delete the columns from the report.

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