You have opened a project page in the graphical editor.
- Insert > Special text > Project properties or Insert > Special text > Page properties. Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
- You have double-clicked a special text (or selected the Properties popup menu item, which allows also for multiple texts to be selected). Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
You have opened a project. Utilities > Master data > Form > Open > [Open].
- Insert > Placeholder text. Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
- Insert > Special text > Project properties or Insert > Special text > Page properties, or Insert > Special text > Form properties. Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
- You have double-clicked a placeholder or special text (or selected the Properties popup menu item; in this way, multiple texts can be selected as well). Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
You have opened a project. Utilities > Master data > Plot frame > Open > [Open].
- Insert > Special text > Project properties or Insert > Special text > Page properties, or Insert > Special text > Plot frame properties. Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
- Insert > Special text > Column text or Insert > Special text > Row text.
- You have double-clicked a special text (or selected the Properties popup menu item, which allows also for multiple texts to be selected). Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
You have opened a project. Utilities > Master data > Symbol > Open > [Open]. Insert > Special text > Project properties or Insert > Special text > Page properties. Select the Placement tab in the subsequent dialog.
In this tab, the property is displayed which is replaced by the placeholder / special text and can be changed later.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
This field displays the property currently assigned to the placeholder / special text. Click [...] to open the Placeholder texts - <Form type> or Property selection dialogs and, if necessary, replace the property with another.
Properties formatted / calculated:
In this field you can define the formatting and calculations for each line: Clock [...] to open the dialog Format: Property and there define the format settings for the properties and / or calculations.
This field displays the customer-specific extension currently assigned to the placeholder by an action. Click [...] to open the Enter name of the action dialog and, if necessary, replace the action with a different one.
Select the type of summation from this drop-down list. Summation is possible for the following areas:
Summation |
Header |
Data header area |
Data area |
Data footer area |
Footer / Placeholder freely positioned / in static forms |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subtotal |
not available |
not available |
not available |
totals the placeholder from the data header area to the data footer area |
totals the placeholder on the current page |
Subtotal + Carry over |
not available |
not available |
not available |
totals the placeholder from the data header area to the data footer area and adds the carry over from the calculation of the previous data footer area. |
totals the placeholder on the current page and adds the carry over from the calculation of the previous page |
Carry over |
carries over the result of the calculation of the previous page |
carries over the result of the calculation of the previous data footer area |
not available |
carries over the result of the calculation of the previous data footer area |
carries over the result of the calculation of the previous page |
Total |
totals the placeholder for the entire report |
not available |
not available |
totals the placeholder for the entire report |
totals the placeholder for the entire report |
For a parts list, for example, select the placeholder text "Part reference data / Total amount (number of units)", set the Summation property to the value "Carry over", and place the property in the data header area of the form. The carry over of the total amount (number of units) of the parts will then be displayed in the data header area of each report page.
Select the "Part reference data / Total amount (number of units)" placeholder text, set the Summation property value to "total", and place the property in the form footer. The absolute total amount (number of units) of the parts will then be displayed on the last report page.
If a placeholder text with the Summation property is placed in an area where this setting is not allowed (e.g., the setting "Subtotal" in a header area), then an appropriate message is displayed on closing the form and the placeholder is reset to the setting "Do not add up".
You can use this check box to combine several objects in one line. For example, this is the case when you have activated the Combine in a line by form property and defined there the properties for which identical data is to be combined in one line.
If the check box is activated, the property values of objects combined in one line are added up. Combined with one of the options in the Summation field, the totals of the combined rows are output.
Notes:
- If, in the data area, the properties are to be added up in one row, the Add up property in one row check box must also be activated at the corresponding placeholder text to correctly output the subtotal.
- A total defined in the form (entry "Total" in the Summation field) is output as the final total at the end of the report. If, however, the current sum is to be displayed at the end of each page, the "Subtotal + Carry over" entry must be selected in the footer area.
In the case of identical texts below each other the text for the placeholder text is replaced with the string from the settings (under the menu items Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Reports > Display / output) if this check box is activated. By default an "=" is specified here. Please note that this setting option is not available for tables of contents.
At the placeholder texts for function texts the setting Reports: Replace identical function texts (under the menu items Options > Settings > Projects > "Project name" > Management > Compatibility) takes precedence over the one here.
This check box is only available for the placeholder texts Cable chart data area ... for the output of cable connection properties in forms of the "Terminal diagram" or "Plug diagram" type!
If the check box is selected, then the data area of the cable chart for the terminal or plug diagram will also show individual connections. Only those individual connections will be considered that are defined via a connection or potential definition point.
If the check box is deselected, then the data area of the cable chart will show only the cable connections of the cables listed in the header.
See also
Dialog Placeholder texts - <Form type>
Dialog Special text - Project properties
Dialog Special text - Page properties
Dialog Special text - Form properties / Special text - Plot frame properties