Merging Dimensions in Sidehead/Heading

To create a more compact view of the table, use merging of dimensions in sidehead by rows and in heading by columns.

The following options of dimension merging are available in the table with several dimensions:

NOTE. The full merging with tucking is available for all dimensions except for the first one.

NOTE. Partial merging is available if the table contains three or more dimensions in sidehead or heading.

NOTE. Partial merging with tucking is available:
1.  If the first from merged dimensions has no previous dimensions.
2.  If the dimension that is not used in merging displays only one element towards the element of the last dimension that is used in merging.

Merging or separating of dimensions is set up via the drop-down menu of the Layout button of the Designer ribbon tab. The menu contains checkboxes:

NOTE. To apply merging of levels of all dimensions when table or calculated dictionaries are used, make sure that they have levels configured.

Display Options of Table Sidehead On Using Merging Settings

As an example, consider the Accounting Balance Indicators table, which contains three dimensions by rows: Registry of Organizations (elements of the first level), Accounting Balance Indicators (elements of the first and second levels), Accounting Data of Accounting Balance  (elements of zero level). Depending on the selected dimension, selected checkboxes of dimension merging and its combination, the table looks as follows:

  1. Initial table view. The Levels in All Dimensions checkbox is selected by default:

The table will look like if the following action is executed:

  1. All checkboxes of merging drop-down menu of the Layout button of the Designer ribbon tab are deselected.

  1. Full merging is executed. To do it, the All Dimensions checkbox is selected, the Levels in All Dimensions and In One Column/Row with the Previous checkboxes will be selected automatically:

  1. The full merging and the following operations are executed:

    1. The third dimension or the third dimension level are selected and the In One Column/Row with the Previous checkbox is deselected.

    2. The second dimension or the second dimension level are selected and the In One Column/Row with the Previous checkbox is deselected.

As a result, the table looks as follows:

The table will look like if the following operations are executed:

    1. Deselect all layout checkboxes.

    2. Select the second dimension and select the In One Column/Row with the Previous checkbox, the All Dimensions checkbox will be selected automatically.

  1. The full merging with tucking is executed. To do this, the full merging is executed, next the third dimension level is selected and the Elements In One Cell with Elements of the Previous checkbox is selected additionally:

In this example, the Accounting Date of Accounting Balance third dimension is tucked. The To the Accounting Date of Accounting Period element is set as merging element on tucking. The tucking of the second element can be executed in the same way.

After the tucking is executed, set the merging element on the Layout tab in the Merge option. The first list element is selected by default.

NOTE. If after the tucking setup, other layout settings were defined and tucking was not deselected, the tucking setup remains and on the following repeated merging it will be automatically applied.

  1. Partial merging is executed. To do it, the full merging and the following operations are executed:

    1. The third dimension or the third dimension level are selected.

    2. The In One Column/Row with the Previous checkbox is deselected.

As a result, the table looks as follows:

In this example, the Registry of Organizations and Accounting Balance Indicators dimensions are merged.

  1. Partial merging of dimensions with tucking is executed. To do it, partial merging and the following operations are executed:

    1. The second dimension or the second dimension level are selected.

    1. The Elements in One Cell with Elements of the Previous checkbox is selected.

As a result, the table looks as follows:

In the example, the Registry of Organizations and Accounting Balance Indicators are merged, the Accounting Balance Indicators dimension is tucked. The ACCOUNTING BALANCE element is set as merging element on tucking.

After the tucking is executed, set the merging element on the Layout tab in the Merge option. The first list element is selected by default.

NOTE. If after the tucking setup, other layout settings were defined and tucking was not deselected, the tucking setup remains and on the following repeated merging it will be automatically applied.

  1. The additional names of dimensions are displayed, the full merging is executed, next the Corresponding Names checkbox is selected:

Features of Merged Cell Formatting

If dimensions located in the sidehead and the heading have different formatting, when they are merged into one cell, their formatting depends on on the displayed name:

See also:

Dimension Elements Layout