Row element properties

Open the Properties view in Document Studio and select a Row element. The Properties view displays these available properties for rows.


General properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level, in the Metadata, and in the Formatting > Common sections.

Type Value Description
Tag String Tag name for the element. This property cannot be edited.
Name String The name of the element.
Description String A summary or note about this element.
Assignment String The variables that are assigned to the element.
Condition String A script that can apply variables or attributes as conditions on the element.
Style name String Name of the style that is applied to the element


Data properties

The Data tab is only visible in the Properties view when there is a query added to the element. In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located at the top-level and in the Data sections.

Type Value Description
Data Source String The data source schema name. You cannot edit this property. Example: Generic XML 1
Context String If the query is on an element nested within another element, the context of the parent element is listed for this property. You cannot edit this property. Example: $7 is the context for the parent element.
Query String The name of the query as specified in the data source schema.
Sort String The Rational® Publishing Engine or native sort applied to the element.
Limit String Enter a number to generate only a certain number of data values in your output.
Filter String The Rational Publishing Engine or native filter applied to the element.
Recursive Level Number The number of times the recursive segments in the query are repeated. Example, In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value and 3 for the recursive level value, Link/Linked Object would repeated 3 times. The resulting query is Module/Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object/Link/Linked Object.
Recursive Segments Number The number of segments in the query that are to be repeated. Example: In the query Module/Object/Link/Linked Object, if you entered 2 for the recursive segment value, Link/Linked Object are the segments that are repeated.


Specific properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > specific section.

Type Value Description
Row break across page true, false When set to true, a row that does not fit on a page is pushed to the second page. When not set or set to false, a row that does not fit on a page is split horizontally onto two pages.
Row repeat at page beginning true, false When set to true, the row can be used as a header row if the table carries onto multiple pages.
Once per table true, false When set to true, duplicate rows are removed from consecutive tables that display as merged tables in the generated output.


Font properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > FontFormatting > Line, Formatting > Character, and Formatting > Effects sections.

Type Value Description
Font 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the text in the element. Some output formats accept transparent as a value.

Example:

Font color example

Size 1 to 1638 The point size of the text in the element

Example:

Font size example

Bold true, false Applies bold styling

Example:

Bold example

Italic true, false Applies italic styling

Example:

Italic example

Underline true, false, single, words, double, dotted, thick, dash, dash long, dot dash, dot dot dash, wavy, dotted heavy, dash heavy, dash long heavy, dot dash heavy, dot dot dash heavy, wavy heavy, wavy double Creates a horizontal line beneath the text

Example:

Underline example

Overline true, false Creates a horizontal line over the text
Strikethrough true, false, double Creates a horizontal line through the center of the text

Example:

Strikethrough example

Character spacing -1500 to 1500 Spaces between text characters

Example:

Character spacing example

Character position -1500 to 1500 The vertical position of the text relative to the normal text position

Examples:

Positive character spacing example
Negative character spacing example

Character kerning 8 to 72 Allows each letter of text to overlap into the space of another
Character scale 33 to 200 Percent multiplied by the text size

Example:

Character scale example

Superscript true, false Decreases the size of the text and moves it upward on the line

Example:

Superscript example

Subscript true, false Decreases the size of the text and moves it downward on the line

Example:

Subscript example

Shadow true, false Creates a shadow on the text

Example:

Shadow example

Outline true, false Creates an outline around the text

Example:

Outline example

Emboss true, false Creates an emboss around the text

Example:

Emboss example

Engrave true, false Creates an engrave around the text

Example:

Engrave example

Small caps true, false Changes lowercase letters into capital letters

Example:

Small caps example

All caps true, false Changes all letters into capital letters

Example:

All caps example

Hidden true, false Removes the text from the output.
Underline color 000000 to FFFFFF The hexadecimal color of the line underneath the text in the element.


Size properties

In the Advanced properties tab, these properties are located in the Formatting > size section.

Type Value Description
Specify height true, false Set to true to apply the Row height property to the row. Set to false to have the value entered for the Row height ignored.
Row height 0 to 1500 The number of pixels vertically the row is.
Row height specifier at least, exactly A qualifier for how tall the row is. This allows the row height to adjust for cells with larger amounts of content.

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