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Configuring the display of object name delimiters for auto text codes

One setting, Use delimiters around report object names, is used in all the auto text codes. Report objects include attributes and metrics. Delimiters are the characters around these objects which set them off from other text. In the executed document, braces {} are used as delimiters. You can select whether to:

  • Display delimiters for all report objects

  • Omit delimiters for all report objects

  • Automatically display delimiters only for those objects that contain a special character

    Special characters are characters other than a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9, #, _, and . (period).

For example, the following filter details auto text code displays delimiters:

({Revenue} > 10000000) AND ({Profit} > 2000000) AND ({Region} = Mid-Atlantic)

You can choose to inherit the setting instead. If you are configuring the auto text codes in a specific text field, the setting is inherited from the document setting. If you are configuring all the auto text codes in the document, the setting is inherited from the report setting. For more information on the levels of inheritance, see Levels of auto text code configuration.

To configure the display of object name delimiters

  1. Open the document in the Document Editor. (How?)

  2. You can configure either:

    •  The auto text code in a specific text field:

      • Right-click the text field containing the auto text code and select Properties. The Properties dialog box opens.

      • On the General tab, click Format in the Report Details Properties area.

    • All the auto text codes in the document:

      • Select Document Properties from the Format menu. The Document Properties dialog box opens.

      • Click Advanced in the list on the left.

      • Click Format in the Report Details Properties area.

    The Report Details Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Click the General tab.

  4. From the Use delimiters around report object names drop-down menu, select one of the following options:

    • No to omit delimiters for all report objects

    • Yes to display delimiters for all report objects

    • Automatic to display delimiters only for those report objects that contain a special character

      By default, this setting inherits the document or report setting, as described in Levels of auto text code configuration. You can return to this default by selecting Inherit from the drop-down list.

  5. Click OK to close the Report Details Properties dialog box.

  6. Click OK to return to the document.

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