My Preferences: Grid category, General

The Grid, General category of the My Preferences dialog box contains settings that apply by default to all grid reports within this project. They can be overridden by similar settings within each individual grid report. These settings are as follows:

• Default style: Select the default autostyle for all reports. When new reports are created, this autostyle is applied by default. Autostyles are easily changed for individual reports from the report's Grid menu.

• Minimum column width: Enter the minimum column width, in characters, for the columns in reports.

• Wordwrap: Select this check box to wrap the text within a column.

• View Column Handles in Auto Mode: If a report is in Auto Column Width mode, column sizing handles are not available by default. If you select this check box, the handles are available in Auto Column Width mode. This allows users to grab a handle and drag the column size manually, even though the width is still initially determined automatically.

Select whether to open reports in one of the following ways:

• Open report in regular mode, which displays report results in a flat, non-hierarchical manner.

  • Merge header cells: Select this check box to merge multiple row headers that are identical into a single header.

• Open report in outline mode, which displays indented groupings of related attributes.

  A report cannot open in outline mode if it does not contain related attributes that can be collapsed into groups. For example, in the MicroStrategy Tutorial project, the attribute Item can be grouped into Subcategory, which can be grouped into Category.

• Display long names: Select this check box to view the attribute form name in reports.

Related Topics

• Applying default formatting and behavior to grid reports project-wide