Specifications

Previewing crosstabs
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Previewing crosstabs
When you have defined the crosstab, you can see it with data in the Preview
view.
❖ To preview the crosstab:
1 If the Preview view is not open, select View>Preview from the menu bar
to display the Preview view.
2 Click on the Preview view to be sure it is current.
3 Select Rows>Retrieve from the menu bar.
InfoMaker retrieves the rows and performs the cross tabulation on the
data.
Retrieve on Preview makes retrieval happen automatically
If the crosstab definition specifies Retrieve on Preview, retrieval happens
automatically when the Preview view first displays.
4 Continue enhancing your report and retrieve again when necessary to see
the results of your enhancements.
Enhancing crosstabs
When you have provided the data definitions, the crosstab is functional, but
you can enhance it before using it. Because a crosstab is a grid report, you can
enhance a crosstab using the same techniques you use in other reports. For
example, you can:
• Sort or filter rows
• Change the column headers
• Specify fonts and borders
• Specify column display formats
For more on these and the other standard enhancements you can make to
reports, see Chapter 6, “Enhancing Reports.”