User`s guide

If an existing report is used as a template, these report objects will not be applied to the new report:
• Detail charts
• Subreports
• OLAP grids
• Cross-tabs
• Maps
• Embedded OLE objects
• BLOB fields
• Specified order grouping
• Advanced summaries (such as Top Ns, Percentages, and Running Totals)
The formatting and objects from an existing report used as a template can override choices you made
in the Standard Report Creation Wizard. For example, if you had selected "No Chart" on the Chart
screen of the wizard, but then applied a template report that includes a chart, the template report will
override your selection and the new report will contain a chart.
Further, a chart in a template report overrides the charting summary value selected on the Chart screen
of the wizard. The order in which you select your data fields in the wizard generally determines which
summary field becomes the default value for your chart. Once the template has been applied, the first
summary field in the report becomes the charting summary value even if you selected a different value
in the wizard.
ResultIf the target report has...If the Template has...
Overwrite/ApplyGroup ChartGroup Chart
Overwrite/Apply
No Chart
• Group & summary
Group Chart
Chart retainedGroup ChartNo Chart
Overwrite/Blank sectionNo Chart
Advanced Chart
• Using group & summary in
report
Overwrite/Blank sectionAdvanced Chart
Advanced Chart
• Not using group & summary
in report
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