Spanning Cells

Walkthrough

When you create multiple levels of grouping, you can set a 'parent' to merge across each instance of its 'child'. For example, you can merge a 'State' cell over the 'City' cells. You can also make a static cell span an expanding cell, e.g., a title for a column header span across the horizontal cells.

The following example illustrates simple cell spanning. Follow the steps below:

1. Start with the formula table discussed in the Expansion Hierarchies example.

 

2. Expand the Style Studio Properties panel. (Select 'Properties Pane' from the Style Studio Window menu.)

3. Select cell[1,0] (second row, first column) and select the Option tab in the Properties panel.

4. In the 'Dynamic Cell' region, enable 'Merge expanded cells'. From the 'Row Group' menu select 'st'.

 

5. Preview the report to observe how the cells of the parent row group are merged together.

 

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