Field selection
You can insert a number of fields into table headers and footers to add information about the tables, filters, weighting, data set, date and time of generation, and so on. You can use more than one field in a single header or footer, and you can combine the fields with plain text.
Use the options in the Field Selection dialog to select fields to add to a selected header or footer position.
To display this dialog, open either the Header and Footer tab on the Table Properties dialog Tables > Properties; or the Global Header and Footer dialog: Tables > Global Headers and Footers. Click in a header or footer box, and then click Insert Field.
Fields on the Field Selection dialog
CDSCName
The internal name of the CDSC,such as "mrXmlDsc".
Options:
\n \p (see
Field options)
CellContents
The table's cell contents. If there is more than one, they are separated by line breaks.
Options: \n \p
Context
The user context being used, such as "Analysis".
Options: \n \p
CurrentTime
The current date and time. By default this is in the long date format for the current language's default regional setting (locale). Use the \s option to use the short date format.
Options: \n \p \s
DBLocation
The name and location of the case data.
Options: \n \p
DocumentDescription
The description of the table document, such as "Analysis of age and education against interest in the various galleries".
Options: \n \p
Filters
The descriptions of all of the filters, concatenated with the word "AND" in bold. If the filters are at different levels, details of the levels are shown. If the filter doesn't have a description, its expression is shown.
You can use one or more of a number of options.
Options: \e \g \i+ \i- \n \p \t
LabelType
The label type being used, such as "Label".
Options: \n \p
Language
The metadata language being used, such as "English (United States)".
Options: \n \p
Level
The name of the level at which the table was generated. For example, "Person[..].Trip". Use the \l option to use the level's description instead of the name. For example, "Overseas trips taken by each person".
Options: \l \n \p \s
MDSCName
The internal name of the
MDSC
being used, such as "mrQvDsc".
Options: \n \p
MetaDataLocation
The name and location of the metadata.
Options: \n \p
MetadataVersion
The versions of the metadata being used in the form of a version expression, for example, "{..}", which indicates a combination of all versions.
Options: \n \p
ProjectDescription
The description of the data set, such as “Museum Survey”.
Options: \n \p
ProjectName
When you are using a CDSC that supports multiple projects (such as RDB DSC), you can show the name of the project being used, such as “short_drinks”.
Options: \n \p
Rules
The rules defined for the table. Each rule is separated by a line break. For example, “Hide cells where Count equals 0".
Options: \n \p
RunTime
The date and time of generation in the current language’s default regional setting (locale). By default this is in the long date format. Use the \s option to use the short date format.
Options: \n \p \s
SideSpec
The specification of the side of the table. For example, "age". Use the \l option for a more "friendly" version of the side specification in which variable names are replaced by their descriptions. For example, "Age of respondent".
Options: \l \n \p \s
SortColumn
The column by which the table is sorted. For example, "Gender{Male}".
Options: \n \p \s
SortRow
The row by which the table is sorted. For example, "Age{Base}".
Options: \n \p \s
Statistics
Notes relating to the statistical tests, separated by a line break. This field should always be used in tables that include a statistical text. For example, "Column Proportions: Columns Tested (5%) A/B". If a statistic is invalid, the annotation indicates this. The \i- option suppresses annotations for invalid statistics.
Options: \i- \n \p
TableBase
The table's base value. For example, "602".
Options: \n \p
TableDescription
The table description, such as "Age by gender for all respondents".
Options: \n \p
TableName
The name of the table, such as "MyTable".
Options: \n \p
TableNumber
The index of the table in the table document, such as "5".
Options: \g \n \p
TableSpec
The table specification, such as "age * gender". Use the \l option if you want to replace variable names with their descriptions. For example, "Age of respondent * Gender of respondent".
Options: \l \n \p \s
TableStatus
The overall status set for the table. The status can be any user-defined string. Standard status values for reporting are “ok”, “warning”, and “error”.
Options: \n \p
TopSpec
The specification of the top of the table. For example, "gender". Use the \l option if you want to replace variable names with their descriptions. For example, "Gender of respondent".
Options: \l \n \p \s
TotalNumberOfTables
The total number of tables in the table document, such as "10".
Options: \n \p
WeightVariable
The name of the weighting variable. For example, "agebalance". Use the \l option if you want to display the weighting variable's description. For example, "Weighting factor for age balance".
Options: \l \n \p \s
Additional fields
The following additional fields are not available for selection in the Insert Field dialog, but can be added by typing the syntax directly into the relevant header or footer position, surrounded by curly brackets {}.
CellItemSymbols
Information about symbols displayed in the table cells.
Options: \n \p
PopulateWarnings
Displays warnings generated during the generation of statistical tests, for example, if the type of test requested is not valid for the type of table.
Options: \n \p
TableProperty: PropertyName
The content of a custom table property. Add the name of the custom property after the colon. To add the text in the Table Notes pane to a table, use the predefined
TableNotes custom property. For more information, see
Adding notes to headers and footers.
Options: \n \p
Button
Field Codes
Choose this button to see a list of the field codes corresponding to the field options.
Field options
\e
Always use the filter expression instead of the description.
\g
(Used with Filters field) Include only global filters (that is, ignore any filters applied directly to the table).
\g
(Used with TableNumber field) Add hierarchical numbering if the tables are stored in folders (for example, 2.1, 2.1.1, and so on).
Also reorder the table index, from the top to the end, in the table document that is presented in the UNICOM Intelligence Reporter Table List Pane.
\i+
Include only Interview filters.
\i-
(Used with Filters field) Include only filters that are not Interview filters.
(Used with Statistics field) Suppress annotations for invalid statistics.
\l
A more “friendly” version in which variable names are replaced by their descriptions (labels).
\n
When combining more than one field in a header or footer position, you can use this option to add a conditional line break after the text inserted by the field. The line break will only be inserted if the field inserts some text.
\p
This option can be used with all fields to add a text prefix. For example, when used with the Filters field, it inserts the text “Filters: " in front of the details of the filters.
\s
Used with the CurrentTime and RunTime fields, displays the short date format rather than the long date format.
Used with the Level, SideSpec, SortColumn, SortRow, TableSpec, TopSpec, and WeightVariable fields, displays the short name of the field instead of the full name. This option is ignored if you use the \l option.
\t
Include only filters applied directly to the table (that is, ignore global filters).
See also