Shape report element

NAVIGATION   Modules > Advanced Reporting > Create icon > Create Report > select report type > Create > Shape

NAVIGATION   Modules > Advanced Reporting > Categories icon > click a row > Edit > Shape

SECURITY  Advanced Reporting > View Reporting and run reports

The shape element is a visual element used to highlight a specific area of a report.

You can choose between a rectangle, rounded rectangle, and ellipses.

  1. From the report toolbox on the left, drag and drop the Shape element into the design area.
  2. Using the Properties pane, customize the appearance of the shape element. For more information, refer to Shape properties.

You can customize the appearance of a shape in the Properties pane.

NOTE  *Properties only visible in Show Advanced Properties mode are marked with a red asterisk.

Property Description
Common
  • Name: Add a unique name to the shape control. Special characters such as period (.), space ( ), forward slash (/), backslash (\), exclamation marks (!), and hyphens (-) are not supported. You can use an underscore (_) in the name of the shape.
Background
  • Color: This option sets the background color of the shape. You can select the color by clicking Color button to open the color drop-down.
  • Image: Choose an image to embed as the background of the shape.
Border
  • Width: You can set the width of the text box border using this option. By default, the width is 1pt.
  • Style: Select the border style from the drop-down list. By default, the border style is none.
  • Color: Select the border color from the drop-down list. By default, the color is black.
  • Shape Style: Select the style of the shape from the drop-down. The following style options are available in the drop-down: Rectangle, RoundRect (Rounded Rectangle), and Ellipse.
  • Rounding Radius: Set the radius of the rounded corners. Acceptable radius values range from 1 to 30 points. To set the rounding radius for specific corners, click the Expand button and set the radius of each corner using the input boxes.
Dimensions Set the position and size of the shape.
  • Left: Set the left margin of the shape control.
  • Top: Set the top margin of the shape control.
  • Width: Set the width of the shape control.
  • Height: Set the height of the shape control.
Layout
  • Style: Select a color theme for the shape control from the drop-down.
  • *Layer Name: Sets the report layer.
  • *Z-Index: This property sets the position of the check box when multiple check boxes are stacked together. The check box with a greater Z-Index value will always be in front of the check box that has a lower Z-Index value.
*Visibility
  • Hidden: This option sets whether to hide the shape or not on the preview.
  • Toggle Item: Visibility can be toggled by another report item. This option sets another item, such as another shape, as a toggle button to display the current shape or not.
*Data
  • Element Name: You can enter a name to be used in the XML output for this shape.
  • Element Output: You can select Auto, Output, or NoOutput to decide whether to include this shape in the XML output. Auto exports the contents of the shape only when the value is not a constant.
  • Element Style: You can select Auto, AttributeNormal, or ElementNormal to decide whether to render shapes as Attributes or Elements in the exported XML file. Auto uses the report's setting for this property.
*Misc
  • Tooltip: Sets the textual label of the shape when the mouse is moved over the cell.
  • Label: Sets a textual content that is used as the display text for report catalog items. The report catalog is made using the Table of Contents element in the toolbox, and the table of contents is used for quick positioning jumps in multi-page reports.
  • Bookmark: Enter text or an expression to use as a positioning identifier to jump to this element. You can define the bookmark and then select the Jump to bookmark setting, to make it easier to jump between report content. You can bookmark any element in the report to make it a destination anchor for the jump.
  • Heading Level: Sets the heading levels in the TOC.