Overview

Reports column headings may not be the terms used in your business or institution, and the ordering may not be the structure you want for easy interpretation and analysis. To present the data in the desired format including any naming localisations to remove the need for manual manipulation of the data prior to its use in supporting business decision making, Report Builder will allow you to rename and reorder fields. The renamed column names will appear in your output report headings, and their ordering as you specified.

Workflow

NOTE: The instructions below assume the following:

That you have already chosen a base or saved report and is already loaded in the system. If this is not the case, refer to the Step 1 - Select a Base Report instructions; and
That you have already selected the columns (data or information) you want included in your report output. If not, refer to the Step 2 - Add and Remove Fields instructions.

1 With all your chosen columns (data or information) added, in the table where you can see all the system and report column names, and their order number, go to the second column called Report Column Name.

2 Edit the necessary column names you want to appear in your report headings.

3 Reorder or organise the columns (data or information) the way you want them to appear in your report output (e.g. First Name 4, would mean seeing all first names data in the fourth column of your report). To reorder the column headings, edit the Order Number column.

NOTE: If the order number is not unique Paradigm will still show the fields but in a potentially undesired ordering. The order number does not need to be sequential.

Output Format (based on the screenshot above):

INFO: Given the sample screenshot above, notice the changes made from the Report Column Name and Order Number columns to the screenshot below.

Edited Output Format (based on the edited column names and order number as shown in the screenshot above):

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