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Column Headings Definition Fillin

The report Column Headings definition fill‑in overrides a column heading defined in the dictionary facility for a primary‑group field. Use of this fill‑in is optional.

To display the Column Headings fill‑in, enter the command COLUMN on the command line or press the F6 key when the Detail fill‑in is displayed.

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To define a column heading to use in place of the default column heading, enter the necessary information in the following fields:

Command

An area where the user can enter CA Ideal editing line commands. You can position the command area on the right or left of the screen using the SET EDIT MARGIN command. For more information, see the Command Reference Guide.

Field name, literal, function, or arithmetic expression

Contains the group name, field name, literal, function, or arithmetic expression defined on the Detail fill‑in. You can modify this field or, if not entered in the Detail fill‑in, enter it here. For more information, see the section Detail Definition Fillin.

Column

Repeats the column options specified on the Detail fill‑in. You can make modifications to this entry on either fill‑in. For more information, see the section titled Report Detail Definition Fillin earlier in this chapter.

Headings

Specifies the text to use as the column heading. You can extend this specification over three lines of the fill‑in at most. A semicolon in the Field Name column is the continuation symbol.

You can print the column heading on one to five lines. If the first character of the heading literal is not a blank, alphabetic, or numeric, that character is considered to be a delimiter. For example, in the specification /TYPES/OF/EMPLOYEES, the first character is used as the delimiter and subsequent slash characters are treated as additional delimiters indicating the beginnings of new lines, as in:

	TYPES
	OF
	EMPLOYEES

If you want the column heading on the report to appear as

	*** TYPES OF EMPLOYEES ***

you must specify another non‑alphabetic or numeric character before the asterisks, such as /*** TYPES OF EMPLOYEES ***. Otherwise, the first asterisk is taken as a delimiter.