Line report element

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

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

PERMISSIONS  Advanced Reporting > View Reporting and run reports

The Line element is a visual element used to draw horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines to separate or highlight specific areas within a report.

  1. From the report toolbox on the left, drag and drop the Line element into the design area.
  2. Using the Properties pane, customize the appearance of the element. Refer to Line properties.

You can customize the appearance of a line 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 line 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 line.
Layout This sets the layout of the line.
  • Start Point X: Set the X (horizontal) location of the starting point of the line control.
  • Start Point Y: Set the Y (vertical) location of the starting point of the line control.
  • End Point X: Set the X (horizontal) location of the end point of the line control.
  • End Point Y: Set the Y (vertical) location of the end point of the line control.
  • *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.
Appearance
  • Line Color: Select a color for the line control.
  • Line Style: Set the style of the line control from the drop-down.
  • Line Width: Set the width of the line control. The range of the width can be set from 0 to 20.
*Visibility
  • Hidden: This option sets whether to hide the line or not on the preview.
  • Toggle Item: Visibility can be toggled by another report item. This option sets another item, such as another text box, as a toggle button to display the current line or not.
*Misc
  • 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.