- Think of the rule in plain English first. For example:
There are two parts to the rule: If and Then.
The New Highlight dialog helps you specify the If and Then parts of the rule by breaking them down to more specific parts.
- Specify the If part of the rule by completing the following steps:
- In the first field, specify the first part of the If expression. Using the example rule, this part is order total:
- If the order total values come directly from the selected element, from the drop-down list, choose Value of this data item.
- If the order total values come from another data element, specify the expression that refers to the relevant column binding, which refers to the data set value or calculated value you want. The following expression is an example:
If you want help constructing the expression, use the expression builder by choosing the expression builder button.
- In the second field, specify the second part of the If expression by selecting an option from the list. Using our example rule, this part is Greater than.
- In the third field, specify the third part of the If expression. Using our example rule, this part is a value of 50000, as shown in Figure 7-12.
Figure 7-12 Elements of the If expression in New Highlight
You have now completed the If part of the rule, which specifies:
- Specify the Then part of your rule, which is "then set the font color to blue and the font style to bold," by completing the following steps:
- Choose Color, then select a color from the color picker.
- Choose B to select the Bold format, as shown in Figure 7-13.
Figure 7-13 Elements of the Then expression in New Highlight
- Alternatively, if you created a style named order_data_highlight, for example, that specifies the formats, you can select the style from the list of styles under "Use the formatting from style:".
Choose OK to save the highlight rule.
The rule that you created appears in Highlight List, as shown in
Figure 7-14. The rule takes effect the next time that you run the report.
Figure 7-14 Highlight List