Description cell in a row definition
The description cell provides the description of the financial data in the row of the report, such as Revenue or Net Income. The text in the Description cell appears on the report exactly as you type it in the row definition.
Note
The width of the description column in the report is set in the column definition. If the text in the row definition Description column is long, verify the width of the DESC column. For more information, see Add special formatting options.
When you use the Insert Rows from dialog box, the values in the Description column are the segment values or dimension values from the financial data. You can insert rows to add descriptive text, such as a section heading or a section total, and to add formatting, such as a line before a total row.
If the report includes a reporting tree, you can include the additional text that is defined for the reporting units in the reporting tree, and you can restrict the use of the additional text to a specific reporting unit. For information about how to create additional text entries in a reporting tree, see the “Add text about a reporting unit” section in Manage reporting units.
Add the description for a line in a report
In Report Designer, click Row Definitions, and then open the row definition to modify.
Select the Description cell, and then type the name of the report row.
Apply formatting. For more information, see Add a format code.
Add additional text from a reporting tree in the description
In Report Designer, click Row Definitions, and then open the row definition to modify.
Type the additional text code and any other text into the appropriate Description cell.
Apply formatting. For more information, see Add a format code.
Restrict the additional text to a specific reporting unit
In Report Designer, click Row Definitions, and then open the row definition to modify.
Locate the row where additional text should be created, and then double-click the cell in the Related Formulas/Rows/Units column.
In the Reporting Unit Selection dialog box, select a reporting tree in the Reporting tree field.
In the Select reporting unit for restriction box, expand or collapse the reporting tree, and then select a reporting unit.