Summary Calculations

The Summary Calculations page is only available for Column Properties. If a matrix has Column Properties or Row Properties depends on the type of snippet.

Here, you define the footer rows of the selected matrix column. Each selected function appears in a separate footer row.

The fields are only active for columns containing numbers. If you edit the properties of a column containing text, the fields are inactive.

If you provide a name in the Variable Name field, you can access the corresponding summary information under this variable name in subsequent report items.

Number Format

With Number Format, you can choose the way in which numbers are shown, for example, as a decimal number, date, or currency. Depending on the category selected in the drop-down list at left, you can choose between different styles in the drop-down list at right.

Rounding

Define the precision of a number, currency, or percentage.

  • Decimal Places

    The number is shown with the given amount of decimal places.

  • Significant Digits

    The number is masked with zeros, only the specified number of significant digits is shown.

    For example, if you set the significant digits to 2, the numbers are shown as follows:

    1234 as 1200

    1 as 1.00

    0.1234 as 0.12

    0.1 as 0.10

    0.01234 as 0.012

Preview

The Preview area shows the appearance of the currently selected settings.