Organizing data in a report : Moving and removing a column

Moving and removing a column

This section describes how to use Interactive Viewer to change the order of columns in a report and remove unwanted report columns.

How to reorder columns

You can move columns to change the order of column data in a report in either of the following ways:

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Choose the column to select it, then drag the column from its original location, and drop it in a new location, whose position is indicated by an arrow that appears on the top of the column label toolbar.
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Select the column. From the right-arrow menu on the column toolbar, choose ColumnReorder Columns. Arrange Columns appears, as shown in Figure 4-2.

Figure 4-2  Arranging columns using Interactive Viewer
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In Available Columns, select the column to move. Choose the up or down arrow on the right until the column is in the correct position. Moving a column up in the list, moves it to the left in the report. Moving a column down in the list, moves it to the right in the report. Choose OK.

How to remove one or more columns from the report

To remove a column, select the column and press Delete. You can also select the column, then choose ColumnDelete Column from the right-arrow menu.

To remove multiple columns, press Ctrl when selecting columns. Then, use the previously described method to delete the columns from the report.