Bind to Data

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Bind to Data

 

Bind to Data

Display Field Values

You can bind the label's Text property to a data field obtained from a report's data source. Click the control's smart tag, expand the Expression drop-down list and select the data field.

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Click the Expression option's ellipsis button to invoke the Expression Editor. You can use this editor to construct a complex binding expression from two or more data fields.

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You can also drag and drop a numeric or text field from the Field List to create a new label bound to this field.

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See the Bind Controls to Data topic for more information.

The Process Duplicates Mode, Process Duplicates Target and Process Null Values options enable you to hide a control when a duplicated or null value appears in an assigned data source.

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You can also use the Format String property to specify output values' format.

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Display Summaries

Specify a data range in the Summary Running property and select the summary function in the Summary Expression Editor to make the label display a summary function's result.

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