Data|Fields Suggestion.
Hi Team,
When designing a report for the first time I generally add all the tables's fields up front in the Data tab so they are all there during the design phase.
Once the report is finished, I may have only used 5 or 10 or 15 of 50 or so fields.
It would be nice to have a function/button in the Fields tab that did something like 'Remove Unused Fields'.
The concept being that RB would compare the fields in the Selected Fields area with those actually used in the report, being as displayed fields or in variables, and move the unused fields back to the Available fields area.
This would tidy things up and, I suspect, clean up the SQL.
Just a thought.
Regards,
Ian
When designing a report for the first time I generally add all the tables's fields up front in the Data tab so they are all there during the design phase.
Once the report is finished, I may have only used 5 or 10 or 15 of 50 or so fields.
It would be nice to have a function/button in the Fields tab that did something like 'Remove Unused Fields'.
The concept being that RB would compare the fields in the Selected Fields area with those actually used in the report, being as displayed fields or in variables, and move the unused fields back to the Available fields area.
This would tidy things up and, I suspect, clean up the SQL.
Just a thought.
Regards,
Ian
Comments
Thanks for the feedback. We will add this to our list of possible enhancements for a later release of ReportBuilder.
Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
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