Arranging grouping and detail columns

You can add and remove the grouping and detail columns from a quick report and convert a grouping column to a detail column and vice versa.

Before you begin

You must open the Create New Quick Report wizard.

About this task

To arrange the grouping and detail columns in a quick report:

Procedure

  1. Open the Columns page of the Create New Quick Report wizard.
  2. To add or remove grouping columns, click Move to grouping columns set or Remove from grouping columns set.
  3. To add or remove detail columns, click Move to detail columns set or Remove from detail columns set.
    Note: You can add all available columns to the Detail Columns list by clicking Move all to detail columns set. To remove all columns from the Detail Columns list, click Move all from detail columns set.
  4. To convert a grouping column to detail column and vice versa, select the columns and then click Move to grouping columns set or Move to detail columns set buttons.
  5. To change the order of grouping columns, use Move selected columns up or Move selected columns down buttons to the right of the Grouping Columns list.
  6. If you have specified all the required parameters for the quick report, click Finish to close the Create New Quick Report wizard and display the quick report on the Design page of the editor where you can manually customize the look of the report.

What to do next

Next: Specifying how to display the report title and report total information