The options in this step are:

• Header: text that appears at the top of every page. The default header is the name of the report. If you want to use an expression rather than fixed text, such as a user-defined function, precede the expression with an equals sign (=). Here's an example of an expression that displays "Sales for <spelled out month> <year>" (such as "Sales for December 2001") in the report header:

  = 'Sales for ' + cmonth(date()) + ' ' + transform(year(date()))

  Here's an expression that uses the built-in GetConditionValue function, which returns the value of a filter condition for the specified field, to display a header showing "Sales for " a particular country the report is filtered on:

  = "Sales for " + GetConditionValue('customers.country')

  You must be familiar with dBase or FoxPro to use expressions.

• Footer: text that appears at the bottom of every page. As with the header, you can use an expression for the report footer.

• Orientation: The default choice, "Automatic," means that if the report is too wide to fit in portrait orientation, it automatically switches to landscape. However, you can override this by choosing either "Portrait" or "Landscape" to force the report to be printed in the desired orientation.

• Left margin: how many characters to indent the entire report; this is handy if, for example, you want to print a report and punch holes in it so it can be inserted into a binder.

• Include filter in report header: if this option is turned on, any filter you've set for the report is displayed in the header of the report.

• Include database in header: turn this option on to include the database name in the header of the report.

• Allow report to be filtered: turn this option on if someone can specify a filter for the report in the Reports Explorer. This should normally be turned on, but if you specify a filter in Step 5, you may wish to turn this off.

• Place subtotals above details: Stonefield Query normally places subtotals for row fields below any sub-row, or detail, fields in a "subtotal" row, as shown below:

  

  If you want subtotals to appear in the same row as the row field, so they appear above sub-row fields, turn the Place subtotals above details option on.

  

• Template: this specifies the overall layout of the report. The default template for a new report is determined by the Default template setting in the Options dialog, but if other templates are available, you may select the desired one from the drop-down list. Templates are created and edited using the Template Editor.

• Chart: if this option is turned on, you can add a chart to the report by clicking the Edit button beside this option and using the Chart Wizard.

• Edit: click this button, which is only enabled if the "Chart" option is turned on, to display the Chart Wizard. The only two steps available in the Chart Wizard are Chart Layout and Formatting Options because the rest of the steps in the Chart Wizard are used for creating stand-alone charts.