Walkthrough: Freehand Operations on a Table
The following sample report illustrates these features. Consider the 'customers' entity from the 'Order Model' in the 'Orders' data source. When you create the report with this data model bound to a rigid table structure, the output is shown below.

Walkthrough
Consider a case where it is necessary to move the cell elements so that the entire address is grouped together line-by-line, one below the other. You can create this table using freehand table operations.
Follow the steps below:
1. Click the 'New' button in the Style Studio toolbar. This opens the 'New Asset' dialog box.
2. Select 'Report' from the left panel, then select 'Blank Tabular Report' from the 'Types' panel, and click 'OK'.

3. Click the 'Table' button in the Toolbox panel to open the 'Data Binding' dialog box for a new table.
4. Under the Data tab, expand the 'Orders' data source, and select the 'Order Model' data model.

5. Under the Columns tab, select the 'Customer' node. Click the right-arrow button to add all the attributes from the 'Customer' entity.
6. Remove the following attributes by using the left-arrow button:
'Customer.Contact First Name'
'Customer.Contact Last Name'
'Customer.Region'

7. Click 'Finish'. This adds the new table to the report.
The 'Table', 'Row', and 'Column' options provide Freehand operations.
8. Select a cell in the detail row. Right-click, and select the 'Table' > 'Insert Rows/Columns' option from the context menu. This opens the 'Insert Rows/Columns' dialog box.

9. Specify that three rows should be inserted before the selection (the detail row).

10. Click 'OK' to add the new rows.

11. Right-click any cell of the detail row, select 'Row' > 'Select Row'. This selects the entire detail row.
12. Click and drag the detail row to move the detail row up three rows (right below the header row).

13. Select the [Customer.City] cell, right-click the cell, and select 'Cut' from the context menu.

14. Right-click the empty cell below the [Customer.Address] cell, and select 'Paste' from the context menu.

This pastes the [Customer.City] field into that table location.
Tip: You can use the Ctrl-X and Ctrl-V keyboard shortcuts, or simply drag the fields to the desired location.
15. Repeat the above steps to cut and paste the [Customer.State] and the [Customer.Zip] fields into the empty cells below the [Customer.City] field.

Tip: You can also click above the column to select the whole column, and then press 'Delete' on the keyboard.
16. Right-click the 'Customer.City' column and select 'Column' > 'Delete Column' from the context menu to delete the column.
17. Repeat the above step to delete the 'Customer.State' and 'Customer.Zip' columns.

18. Right-click the table and select 'Properties' from the context menu. This opens the 'Table Properties' dialog box.
19. Click the 'Select Style' button to open the 'Style Viewer' dialog box.
20. Select the 'Modern' > 'Shaded' style. Click 'OK' to close the 'Style Viewer' dialog box.
21. Click 'OK' to close the 'Table Properties' dialog box.

22. Save the report.

23. Preview the report and observe the table with data arranged using Freehand layout.

You could create a similar layout by using a Section Element (pseudo-table), but this would not allow you to make use of the table grid and styles.
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