Choose other report elements

After placing a container on a report page, elements are added for data and other report objects.

Data View

Icons at the top of the data view allow you to specify the type of object you wish to create when you drag and drop a data value: whether you wish to drag and drop a reference to a data value, or a data item's caption (title), or to choose to have the values and captions aligned in a table format. See Data Values and Captions.

For data values passed to the report, when you place the data item on the design page, it is automatically enclosed in a Word Box/ Word Wrap Box or Decimal Format Box container, depending on the data type.
For captions (titles) for data items, the caption is automatically enclosed in a Word Box.

Tool Box view

From the Tool Box view:

For additional text - use a Word Box or Word Wrap Box. You can enter the text when you drag the report element onto the report design page, or you can set the value of the text property in the Properties View. You can also double-click on the text in the report design page to edit it.
For Numeric data - use a Decimal Format Box, which makes it possible to parse and format numbers in any locale. The value property specifies the number. You can define the printed format, including decimal places, by setting the value of the format property in the Properties View. You can also double-click on the text in the report design page to edit it.
For HTML pages - use an HTML Box. which displays the image of an HTML document in a report.
For Images - use an Image Box, which allows you to specify the image to be printed by setting the location property.
For page numbers - use a Page Number Box to automatically display the correct page number for each report page.
For tables - use a Table to set up an object that contains columns and rows to display rows of data.
For business graphs - choose the appropriate Business Graphs object (chart or pivot table) for the specific type of graph. See Working with Charts.
For values like "Total from previous pages" or "Totals until this point" - use an InfoNode and Reference Box. These two elements work together to enable this type of content. See Design HowTo for additional information.