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Cell Padding on an Attribute?? 1
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entaroadun
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What exactly do you mean by cell padding?
Do you want an attribute that has tab characters so when you export from Excel the attribute elements drop into different columns (like a hierarchy)?
If all you need is to insert spaces or other whitespace into the attribute form display, then I would create a new attribute form with an ApplySimple statement.
Do you want an attribute that has tab characters so when you export from Excel the attribute elements drop into different columns (like a hierarchy)?
If all you need is to insert spaces or other whitespace into the attribute form display, then I would create a new attribute form with an ApplySimple statement.
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entaroadun
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Add an attribute form to your attribute, using an ApplySimple statement.
Example:
ApplySimple("LPAD(#0,4,'0')",[class_number])
Classify this form as a description form and display it in your report instead of the ID form. This way, the database engine will group by and filter on the ID ([class_number]) and get the padded version (LPAD([class_number],4,'0') in the last pass of the report SQL. You suffer no performance degradation.
Example:
ApplySimple("LPAD(#0,4,'0')",[class_number])
Classify this form as a description form and display it in your report instead of the ID form. This way, the database engine will group by and filter on the ID ([class_number]) and get the padded version (LPAD([class_number],4,'0') in the last pass of the report SQL. You suffer no performance degradation.
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