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To allow for faster addition of Form Fieldsseveral additional elements are preconfigured for you upon dropping a Field onto a form. For example text based field types (Number, Text Area, Muliple Choice, etc.) are dropped onto the report as two Labels (one for the field label and one to display the field value) wrapped inside Panel component. After a Field has been added, all of these components can be altered to fit your needs.

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titleIs Last Record

Is last record expression is used to determine whether the component is used in the last activity record on the template or the last row of a Data Grid field (implemented using Panel or Table). This expression is mainly used with Line components in order to hide the line separator in the last rendered record.

The expression is used like a function:

last()

Calculation Expressions

Calculation Expression is a property that allows you to write expressions directly on a report.  This allows for the ability to dynamically report on different values within the report itself.  The Calculation Expression property is available for standalone fields (Label, Paragraph) or to table fields.  


Working with Basic Table Elements

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How to Control Data Grid Sort Order

StepDirectionExample
1.Right click on a selected cell in the table and click Select Table.

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2.Select the properties tab.


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Choose the Data set and source that you want to use to control sorting.

Warning

If Data Set and Source don't have a valid value selected, the other fields will not be displayed.


4.

Choose your primary sorting data element and if you would like to sort by ascending or descending.

5.(Optional) If you'd like to use a secondary sorting criteria, choose a data element from the Secondary Sort option and choose ascending or descending for the Secondary Sort Direction. 


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Sort Order can be applied to data grids or panel data elements that use a data source.

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StepDescriptionExample (Click Image to Enlarge)
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Go to the elements tab and add a line component as the last element inside the Panel.

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This line will be rendered after each grid record, including the last record.

To suppress the line after the last record, proceed to step 2 and 3.


2.Select the line and open the Properties tab.
3.Type last() inside the Hide Expression property to hide the line in the last row.

Working with Images 

How to fix stretched images 

To keep the aspect ratio of your images, set a value only for one of the size properties: Width or Height.

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