The Template Designer in Sigma Studio enables you to design different parts of the report.
The Template Designer feature is applicable for PDF, HTML, DOCX formats only. To configure a Excel template for XLS report, refer Adding Excel Template to a Report.
The Template Designer screen appears with the list of report parts on the left and the list of columns under the columns tab ( ) on the right as shown:
By default, the Page Header and Page Footer options are disabled. You need toggle on those options if required and then proceed.
Once you select the report part on the left-navigation, a design section appears as shown in the following screen shot:
You can also add additional sections by clicking the plus ( ) icon as shown:
You can also split the design section by changing the layout options. By default, a section with single layout is displayed. You can alter the section from single (stack) layout to six columns layout by clicking the respective column icons as shown:
The Template Designer screen displays different tabs on the right-hand side as shown in the following screen shot. Each of those tabs provides different data structures that can be dragged and dropped into the design section.
- Columns (Configuring a Complex Report – Sample 1 for more information on Columns tab configuration.
- Reports (Sub-Reports for more information on adding reports in Template Designer.
- Content (Configuring a Complex Report – Sample 2 for more information on adding static or dynamic content to the report.
- Filters (Adding Parameter Filters to Reports using Template Designer for detailed information on using the procedure parameter filters in reports.
- System Preferences (Displaying User and System Details in Reports for more information on adding the user and system details on the report.
- Charts (Improve Business Reports with Charts for more information on using charts in reports.
- Image (Adding Logo or Image to Reports for more information on adding images on report's header or footer.
- RB Key (Adding Static content in Reports using Template Designer to configure static contents with resource bundle keys in reports. ) Tab - A list of existing resource bundle keys are available on this tab. Refer
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