Adding dynamic split column width to my report

I'm trying to add a dynamic split-column-width to my report in BI Publisher. I do not have a need for a column header. I tried to add this line to my existing line of code for the cell.
*<?split-column-width:COLUMN_DATA?>*
C *<?split-column-width:COLUMN_DATA?>* <?for-each-group@cell:current-group();COLUMN_ORDER?> COLUMN_DATAEC
I do not under stand the user's guide. What should be placed where to accomplish the dynamic column width and keep my current cell group?
thank you for your time.

In the Discoverer Plus (web version but not vieweer), go to Sheet -> Format. For each column click on Format Data and make sure Word Wrap in unchecked. Then click on Format Heading and check on Word Wrap. This will word wrap the column heading but stretch the column to maximum length of the data in the column.
I think be default word wrap in unchecked unless otherwise specified when the workbook was created.

Similar Messages

How to wrap a Column (Increase/Decrease column width) in Interactive Report

Hi,
I have a Interactive Report and I want to wrap the column values.
Also want to increase/decrease width of the columns..
I have 2 columns say.. Description and List
List - aaaaaaa, bbbbbbb, hhhhhhh, nnnnnnn, 222222, 55555555, 77777777, ..... // list of values are seperated by ,
         // 1. want to wrap the values ..I mean to decrease the width
Descriptiopn - sdgssdjkllkkkkkkkk // -- here I want to increase the width of column
                 dgdggdfgdfgdgg
                 dfgdfgdfdfggfdg
                 dgdgdgdgdgdf2ndly for the List Column, can I put the sepearte values in each Line (values are seperated by , here) - ROW will only one.
For each ROW, I want to display List column as shown below.
      List - aaaaaaa
        bbbbbbb
        hhhhhhh
        nnnnnnn
        222222
IS this possible in Interactive Report??
Thanks,
Deepak
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 23, 2010 4:14 PM

Actually, I want to increase/decrease the column width in Interactive Report.
As shown the in the example of Description field...it's coming in 4-5 lines.
I want to increase the width of Description column..so that it should come only in 2 lines..
thanks,
deepak
Edited by: Deepak_J on Feb 23, 2010 4:32 PM

( ?split-column-width-unit:value? not supported

Hi,
I tried to use the following:
(<?split-column-width-unit:value?> in my template but when I ran the preview, I am getting an exception saying "org.xml.sax.SAXException: element xdofo:split-column-width-unit is not supported yet."
If it is not supported, then why is it in the XML Publisher manual?

Its supported ... you may have some other problem in your template causing the parser to complain. Log a TAR, get it routed to XMLP and we can help. Be sure to load template and sample data.
Tim

Dynamic Column width for a report

Will the width property of a column be able to be set at run-time (i.e. ability to set the width of a column to an expression) in SQL Reporting Services 2008? One problem I have seen is the inability to set the width of columns in a report when you you have several columns whose order is determined based on parameters.
Lets say I have 2 columns in a report and two fields from the database which will populate those columns: 1 field that is varchar(5) and one which is varchar(50). If I do not know which column each field will go to until runtime how am I supposed to adjust the column width? Letting the column width be set by an expression would solve everything as I could pass the width in to the report. As it stands now, I would have to set each column's width to accomodate a field of type varchar(50) in order to avoid wrapping of data.
You could say just create 2 reports, one for each case, but what if I had 15 fields? 20?
Has anyone figured out how to dynamically set the width of a column? Will the width of a column be able to be set at run-time in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 via expression or some other means?
Questions, questions, questions.
Chuck

Ok slight update
RDL xml files are used during deisgn of reports but when you deply they go into the Content column of a table called Catalog:
SELECT [Name],
CAST(CAST([Content] AS VARBINARY(MAX)) AS XML) AS reportXML
FROM [Catalog]
WHERE type = 2
So I think this can be edited programmatically. Widths can be found like this:
        <TableColumns>
          <TableColumn>
            <Width>9cm</Width>
          </TableColumn>
          <TableColumn>
            <Width>3.02646cm</Width>
          </TableColumn>
          <TableColumn>
            <Width>3.25cm</Width>
          </TableColumn>
          <TableColumn>
            <Width>3.5cm</Width>
          </TableColumn>
          <TableColumn>
            <Width>3.5cm</Width>
          </TableColumn>
        </TableColumns>

How can i Auto Size the Column width in RDLC Report

Hi Friend's,
I have created Windows application with RDLC Report. I am binding(Generating) dynamic columns and data's in RDLC Report Using Matrix control, I need to make Auto size of Column width for each Column in
Matrix of RDLC report. So Can any one suggest me to make the Auto Size of Column Width in RDLC.
Thanks in Advance,
Mohan G

Hi Mohan,
In Reporting Services, the column width/height is hard-coded, hence, we cannot set the column width/height dynamically or based on an expression. So is the report size.
In addition, since it is a RDLC report, we need a ReportViewer control to display this report within a custom application. If you need to change the size of the whole report, we can set the AsyncRendering property of the ReportViewer control to false, and
set the SizeToReportContent property to true.
Regards,
Mike Yin
TechNet Community Support

Dynamically setting column width doesn't work all the time

I wanted to dynamically set the width of a column in a JTable to be half of the width of a another column. This should happen whenever the frame is resized. But somehow I need to tell this twice to Java. If I don't then sometimes the column width isn't set new.
Is this a Java bug or what?
public void componentResized(ComponentEvent ce)
     try
          ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMaxWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
          ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMinWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
          // Again, or it won't work:
          ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMaxWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
          ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMinWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
     catch(SQLException e)
}

Is it possible that your call to
ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMinWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
is altering the response created by
ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(5)).setMaxWidth(ref.table.getColumn(ref.rsmd.getColumnLabel(1)).getWidth() / 2);
? Have you tried calling them once but in the other order? Or just calling the "setMaxWidth" call twice and leaving out the second "setMinWidth"?
Good luck... :)

How to extract the column width in ALv report if its executed in background

I am executing an ALV report in background , in front end i am getting data properly, in back end for some columns some of the digits are missing.For example if PO no is of 10 digits it will display only 8 becos column size is like that , how to extract coulmns in back ground.
I have executed in background and checked the spool and for some of the columns width is not sufficient to display comeplete data so please suggest how to extract the columns sizes if executed inj background for an ALV

Hi Deepthi,
you can try with the above mentioned suggestions ,if its worked its fine ,
If not use Docking container instead of custom container, For ALV in back ground jobs, its suggest to use docking container instead of custom container , below you can find the declaration for docking container and code to use docking and custom container in your program for fore and back ground.
or you can use docking container alone for both operations.
Data : G_DOCK1 TYPE REF TO CL_GUI_DOCKING_CONTAINER,
IF CCON IS INITIAL. (ccon is container name )
*Check whether the program is run in batch or foreground
    IF CL_GUI_ALV_GRID=>OFFLINE( ) IS INITIAL.
*Run in foreground
      CREATE OBJECT CCON
        EXPORTING
          CONTAINER_NAME = 'CON1'.
    CREATE OBJECT GRID1
        EXPORTING
          I_PARENT = parent_1.
ELSE.
*Run in background
      CREATE OBJECT GRID1
        EXPORTING
          I_PARENT = G_DOCK1.
    ENDIF.
ENDIF.
B&R,
Saravana.S

Column Widths of existing Report

Hi, I'm wondering how you can modify the width of a particular column in a report. One of the columns has a lot of information, and I want this column to take up about half the page. I look in the Application Builder to see the properties of that column, but don't see anywhere to set the width.
Also is there a way to get a record to display over 2 rows, so that it doesn't scroll off the screen?
Thanks in advance, Sarah

as i explained briefly in How to change column width and other attributes , report templates are the best way to control the look/feel of our outputted result sets. more specifically, that's probably the best place to specify attributes such as wrapping and column widths. when doing this type of html formatting, though, you also need to be aware of the rest of the html that's on your page. so if a column in your report is set to be 500px wide but the region template for your report region stores its content in a table with a fixed width of 200px, i'm pretty sure the second setting overrides the first. i'd approach it this way: set up your report template to do what you want (wrap some rows and maybe fix some column widths). then see if your page renders correctly. if it doesn't do what you want, check the region template to see if that's interfering. if that's not it, then check the page template. there's a pretty good chance that just changing your report template will do the trick, but it helps to be aware of the html around it.
hope this helps,
raj

How to fix column width in a report

Hi all,
i have to set the width of a column of a report of mine fixed and to have text wrapping inside of it.
i would prefer to avoid to modify the theme (that might involve other item) and i wanna work just on that report.
i've tried to create a new template (Report Region Wrap) and i guess i'm supposed to set something like:
SPAN STYLE="white-space:nowrap"
but i don't know where...
This is the "definition" of my template:
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="" class="t9GCCReportsStyle1" id="#REGION_ID#">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="">
<tr>
<td class="t9RegionHeader">#TITLE#</td>
<td class="t9ButtonHolder">#CLOSE# #PREVIOUS##NEXT##DELETE##EDIT##CHANGE##CREATE##HELP#</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="t9Body">#BODY#</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="t9RegionFooter"></td></tr>
</table>
i've already tried putting it in <td class="t9Body" ... > but with no results.
thankx a lot,
matte

I had the same problem and searched the forum I came up with the following conclusions.
</div>
</div>
The ability to use the CSS is determined in the template.
The template must allow wrapping for this to work.
</div>
</div>
I got my columns (columns of varchar2(500) the wrap and split words at white space.
</div>
</div>
I added</div>
</div>
<style>
</div></div>
.t12data{white-space:normal !important;}</div></div>
.t12dataalt{white-space:normal !important;}</div></div>
</style></div></div>
to the Page / HTML header
</div>
</div>
and added
</div>
(removed < for formatting)div style="width:100px; white-</div>space:normal">#column_name#</div(removed > for formatting)
</div>to column_formatting / html_expression
</div>where 100 is the pixel with
</div>and column_name is name of the souce item
</div>I am using theme12 (blue) / report Standard, Alternating Row Colors
</div>and didn't want to change the template as it is being used in other apps.
Message was edited by:
rbackmann1
null

Column width for inetractive report not working in IE 8

Hi all,
I have an IR for which I don't want the columns to rap and the last column (DESCR) should have a fixed width, so this is what I added in the region header :
<style type="text/css">
table.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td {
white-space:nowrap;
</style>
<style type="text/css">
td[headers="DESCR"] {width:300px !important;max-width:300px; !important}
#apexir_DESCR {width:10px;max-width:300px !important;max-width:300px; !important}
</style>this works fine on FF and chrome, but IE seems to completely ignore this, even adding !important did not help
I found on the internet that for IE 8 to obey this width the table should have as style : table-layout: fixed;
e.g. :
<table style=´width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;`>however I am a little bit lost as to how to do that
Kr
Martin

Hi,
I think you have mistake there. Try
<style type="text/css">
table.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA td {
white-space:nowrap !important;
td[headers="DESCR"] {
width:300px !important;
max-width:300px !important;
#apexir_DESCR {
width:10px;
max-width:300px !important;
</style>And you can try add
table.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA {
width: 100% !important;
table-layout: fixed !important;
}Regards,
Jari
My Blog: http://dbswh.webhop.net/htmldb/f?p=BLOG:HOME:0
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jariolai

Column width fixed in report

Hi, how do I say that a certain column of a report have a width of 100?
The columns I get have the minimum width needed to show the respective data.
Thanks

Greetings,
I've experienced the same. I've placed width:100px in the CSS field, and it does nothing. I'd like to be able to control that width since without it, we have very little control over the width of the overall report and how it looks. It also seems to have a mind of it's own when the width is set by HTMLDB as I've got some reports that look pretty decent, and others where I would figure that HTMLDB would expand the length to more than 1/2 of a screen for a report that has a textarea field, and it only uses about 300 px worth of space for that field (all fields using approximately 650, while there is still an additional 500+ or space left that the report could be in. Expanding the report template to 100% width blocks out the whole width of the screen with a box, but the report still only uses 650 or so of space.
just my .02
cliff

Adding new customized column in the Bex Report

Hi Experts,
I have an existing column (say A ) in Bex and I want to add one more column (say B) based on the values that I have in column A.
For e.g.,
A          B
5          5   (=A1)
8          3   (=A2 - A1)
15        7   (=A3 - A2)
I am able to create a new column B and bring the values based on above formula to get the expected results. Though the results are correct and also I saved the report as workbook, when I try to refresh the query again and open the workbook, the new column 'B' is getting disappeared.
Could someone please help me on this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bregards,
Krish

Hi Pavel
I'm hitch-hiking on this thread.
Can you please explain what do you mean by "the grid becomes static" when you use "Convert to Formula"?
I'm studying Excel integration in the BEx Analyser and it seems to me that when you select Convert to Formula and save the query, then you load new records into the Cube, when you open the query again it's no longer refreshed (even if you select "Refresh Workbook on Open". Is it what you mean?
I'd appreciate more detailed explanation. I'd appreciate too this documentation about BExGetData.
Thanks
César Menezes

SSRS 2005 - Dynamically control the width of columns in Matrix report or Hide any column

Hi All,
I just want to hide some column without having white space in Matrix report in SSRS 2005. Although I am aware of that perhaps this feature is not available on SSRS 2005. So, I just want to know if we can handle the width of column dynamically(using expressions)
in matrix report?
Please help. Thanks in Advance.
Regards
Kumud

Hi Kumud,
Based on my test, SSRS is not support column dynamically width. It has property “CanGrow” of text box. If we configure the property to True, it will wraps to next line if needed. In SSRS 2008, we can hide some columns without white space. If possible, I
recommend you update your SSRS 2005 to SSRS 2008.
There is a similar issue, you can refer to it.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/9e6043f1-c458-4540-be59-d37b02feab8a/dynamic-column-width-for-a-report?forum=sqlreportingservices
Alternatively, I recommend you that submit a wish to the Microsoft Connect at
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback. Your feedback is valuable for us to improve our products and increase the level of service provided.
Regards,
Alisa Tang
Alisa Tang
TechNet Community Support

Unable to change column width dynamically in cross tab report.

Hi,
We have developed cross tab layout using template builder v.10.1.3.2.1 in EBS.I am trying to increase column width dynamically and the width is coming xml.
i looked at document and found one command <?split-column-width:name?> for the same.i tried but it is not increasing the size of one column.
Output
column1 column2 column3 .......
Row text1 10 20 30
Row text2 40 50 60
I want to inrease the size of column for row text1 and row text2.
Need help in this.
Thanks,
Mahesh

Is the field that holds your width value called "name"?
Can you send me the xml and RTF template to [email protected] and I can take a look.
Thanks,
Bipuser

How to resize column width in report?

hi all,
i read somewhere here that in order to resize column width in a report, you need to go to report attributes, then edit the column you wish to resize and then go to the CSS Style and place something like "width=600px". while this works very well in Internet Explorer, it somehow has no effect in Firefox 3.0. is there a way to make it work both browsers?
thanks
allen

Hi,
Sorry, I misunderstood. There are several methods you could use:
1 - Use the span tags around the data itself - this would require adding the tags into the sql statement itself
2 - Use javascript to set the column widths by adding a style to the TD tags for each cell
3 - Create a new Report Template and use COL tags immediately after the TABLE tag in the Before Rows section to specify the widths of all columns
Option 3 may be the easiest?
Andy

Adding dynamic split column width to my report

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for