Column placement, widths, etc.

Here's something to put on the "wish list". It could be argued that
it is outside the scope of RS, but I'll bring it up anyway. Hey - you
don't get if you don't ask! :-)
I think it would be nice if, when viewing a report in a browser, the
user could rearrange both the order and the widths of the columns.
This would also give the user the ability to hide columns that are not
of interest. If such a feature were added, it would also be nice to
be able to persist the user's preferences and/or reset to default.
Taking it one step further, it would be nice if the format stuck for
export, especially to, for example, a PDF.
Related to that is the idea of being able to sort columns. Yes, I
know there's a work-around for that, but wouldn't it be nice if the
functionality were incorporated right into RS?
I understand that these features may be planned for ActiveViews, but I
think they would be nice even for users who are not to the point of
ad-hoc reporting.
Just my thoughts - feel free to disagree! :-)
Brad.The ability for an end-user to make minor adjustments to the layout of a
prebuilt report is definitely something we want to do eventually. Our
initial focus is going to be making this work in the ad-hoc reporting
client, but I'm sure we'll get back to adding this sort of thing to static
reports at some point.
(Note: Sorting is high on the priority list).
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"Bradley Plett" <plettb@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Here's something to put on the "wish list". It could be argued that
> it is outside the scope of RS, but I'll bring it up anyway. Hey - you
> don't get if you don't ask! :-)
> I think it would be nice if, when viewing a report in a browser, the
> user could rearrange both the order and the widths of the columns.
> This would also give the user the ability to hide columns that are not
> of interest. If such a feature were added, it would also be nice to
> be able to persist the user's preferences and/or reset to default.
> Taking it one step further, it would be nice if the format stuck for
> export, especially to, for example, a PDF.
> Related to that is the idea of being able to sort columns. Yes, I
> know there's a work-around for that, but wouldn't it be nice if the
> functionality were incorporated right into RS?
> I understand that these features may be planned for ActiveViews, but I
> think they would be nice even for users who are not to the point of
> ad-hoc reporting.
> Just my thoughts - feel free to disagree! :-)
> Brad.