Steps to format a metric on a report (report metric level)

Report metric formatting formats an individual metric on a particular report. It overrides all metrics and metric level formatting. For details on all the levels of metric formatting, see Formatting metrics on a report.

1. Open the report containing the metric to be formatted.

   • Open it in the Report Editor

   • Open it in the Report Viewer

   You can also format metrics on a template, in the Template Editor. The remaining steps are the same.

2. You can format the data values or the header of the metric using the Format Cells dialog box.

   • To format the data values, do one of the following to access the Format Cells dialog box:

   • On the Format menu, point to the metric to be formatted, and select Values.

   • Right-click the metric, point to Formatting, and select Metric NameData.

   • To format the header, do one of the following to access the Format Cells dialog box:

   • On the Format menu, point to the metric to be formatted, and select Headers.

   • Right-click the metric, point to Formatting, and select Metric NameHeaders.

3. Format the metric. For specific instructions, choose from the following:

   • Format a number

   • Format the alignment

   • Format the font

   • Format the border

   • Format the pattern

   • To format the graph color for a metric (available only when formatting metric headers)

4. To retain the new formatting, save the report. (How?)