HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

Inserting and formatting tables156
• add table headers or footers
Showing or hiding table headers and footers
To show or hide a table header or footer:
1. Make sure you are working in Report View.
The Edit Report button is pressed in when you are in Report View and the report tabs
of each report in the document are visible.
2. Select the table, right-click and select Edit Format from the menu.
The Properties tab displays the table formatting options. (For more information on the
Properties tab, see ”Java Report Panel interface tour” on page 29.)
3. Select Show table headers in the Display properties sub-group to display table
headers.
4. Select Show table footers in the Display properties sub-group to display table
footers.
Web Intelligence displays or hides the table headers or footers. You can set the page
layout of reports so that the table headers and/or footers of tables are repeated on
each report page. This is useful for long tables that span several pages. See
”Repeating table headers or footers on report pages” on page 157.
Displaying object names in headers on crosstabs
To display object names in headers on crosstabs:
1. Select the crosstab, right-click and select Edit Format on the menu.
The Properties tab displays the crosstab formatting options. (For more information on
the Properties tab, see ”Java Report Panel interface tour” on page 29.)
2. Click Display > Show object name to display the object names in additional headers
on the crosstab.
Setting page layout for tables
You can set the page layout for each page in a Web Intelligence report. You can do the
following:
• start each table on a new report page
• avoid page breaks on a table
• repeat table headers or footers on report pages
Starting tables on a new report page
To start each table in your report on a new page:
1. Select the table, right-click and select Edit Format on the menu.
The Properties tab displays the crosstab formatting options. (For more information on
the Properties tab, see ”Java Report Panel interface tour” on page 29.)
2. Select Position > Start on a new page.
Avoiding page breaks in tables