Specifying Conditions formatting options

You use the Conditions formatting options to define conditional formatting constraints, such as suppressing records that do not meet certain characteristics.

About this task

You can specify the Conditions formatting options in the Conditions table. You use the buttons on the interface to add, edit, or remove condition lines, and change the condition lines order.

Use the elements described in the following table to set condition properties.

Table 1. Conditions option elements for a classic report
Element Description
ID Specify a number, between 1 and 999, that identifies the conditional expression.
Expression Type a valid expression, up to 50 characters. An expression that evaluates to 1 is considered true; anything else is considered false. Form variables cannot be used in this field.
Pass nulls Specify whether to pass the expression for evaluation when a variable in the definition has a null value.