Customizing the fields in a view

This section discusses customizing fields in a view. Topics include:

• Defining a calculated field to perform what-if analysis
• Using reference codes to convert database values or apply custom sorting
• Attaching a GeoPack to a view field

For more details, see the Yellowfin documentation links on the right.

The following video (11:13) discusses adding fields to an existing out-of-the-box view.

 https://youtu.be/SV52o0INYoE

Defining database functions for Remedy Smart Reporting in Remedy AR System Server

Performing calculations on fields in a report

Creating reports with advanced database functions by using Freehand SQL

From the Yellowfin documentation:

• Prepare  to learn about defining field definitions and applying business metadata to them
• Grouped Data (Report)  to learn about changing the data returned for selected fields on your report by grouping the values
• Parameters  to learn about defining a parameter field to pass user-entered values
• Calculated Fields  to learn about creating derived columns based on the fields sourced from the database
• Calculated Filters  to learn about creating predefined filters to help users add filters or conditions
• Filter Groups  to learn about grouping calculated field filters
• Custom Functions  to learn about defining a custom XML function for a calculated field
• Data Conversion  to learn about converting data in fields