Replicate the Existing Sales Reason Comparisons Report Data within a New Matrix Data Region
We are now positioned to replicate the existing matrix data region that comprises the report with a new matrix data region, which will present identical information while supporting the new navigation and presentation business requirements of our users.
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1. Placing the mouse cursor over the bottom and right edges of the canvas, one after another, until the cursor becomes an "I" beam, drag edges of the canvas (not the data region) to approximately the measurement marks of 5 and 10 on the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, as depicted in Illustration 22.
2.
Drag a matrix
data region object from within the Toolbox to the canvas area of the
Layout tab.
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3. Drop the matrix data region onto the canvas below the existing table data region, as depicted in Illustration 23.
The matrix
data region appears on the canvas approximately as shown in Illustration
24.
Our first task in replicating the information presented by the existing data region is to make the appropriate data source / data field associations within the new matrix. (Because we are using the same .rdl file as the former report, we can assume that the DataSets in place are adequate for our needs).
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4. Align the matrix data region just below the existing data region, so that it approximates the position of the original data region for easy reference as we proceed, as shown in Illustration 25.
Illustration 25: Align
the Matrix for Easy Field Replication ...
5.
Click the top
row of the matrix to select it.
6.
Increase the
height of the top row in the Properties window to 1.5, as
depicted in Illustration 26.
Illustration 26: Increase
Height to 1.5 Inches ...
7.
7. Drag and drop a textbox, from the Toolbox, outside, and to the right of, the new matrix data region.
8.
Type the
following title into the newly added textbox:
Adventure Works Cycles
9.
Highlight the
text we have just typed, and then make the following settings from the tool bar
atop the design environment:
Font Name: Arial
Font size: 12 pt.
Bold: Button Depressed
Italic: Button Depressed
10.
Click the Foreground
Color button (to the immediate right of the Italic button).
11.
Select Dark
Slate Blue from the Choose Color dialog that appears, as shown in Illustration
27.
Illustration 27: Select
Dark Slate Blue in the Choose Color Dialog ...
12.
Click OK
to accept the color setting, and to close the Choose Color dialog.
13.
Click the Center
button in the alignment buttons group, to the right of the settings we have
already made, as depicted in Illustration 28.
Illustration 28: Click
the Center Button to Center the Title in the Textbox ...
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