Insert Group Column dialog

The dialog appears when you right-click a table or a table column and select Insert > Group Column from the shortcut menu. It helps you to insert new group columns into a table. See the dialog.

The followings are details about options of this dialog:

Resources

Lists all the available data resources for the new group columns.

Adds the selected field as the group by field in the table.

Removes the selected group by field that is not required.

Replaces the selected group by field in the table with the specified field in the Resources box.

Group By

Lists the fields that are used to group data in the table.

Sort

Specifies how groups at the specific group level will be sorted.

Special Function

If the group by field is of Numeric/String/Date/Time type, you can select a special function for the field in the Special Function column to further specify to which level the data will be grouped by.

If Customize is selected, the Customized Function dialog will be displayed, in which you can set the function by your own.

Group Above

Specifies to place the selected group by field above the detail panel.

Group Left Above

Specifies to place the selected group by field left above the detail panel.

Group Left

Specifies to place the selected group by field left to the detail panel.

Moves the specified group one step up.

Moves the specified group one step down.

Sort Group By

Specifies how to sort the groups. Activated only when you have clicked Sort Group By from the Sort column to define the sorting manner of groups for the selected group level.

Special Group

Specifies how to group your information. Activated only when you have clicked Special Group from the Sort column to define a special group.

Select N

Opens the Select N dialog to specify the Select N condition.

Group Filter

Opens the Group Filter dialog to specify the group filter condition.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

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