Using Report Studio's environmental options
In this recipe, you will learn about some environmental options that you can set in Report Studio to aid development.
Getting ready
Create a simple list report with Product line and Product as columns from the Products query subject.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we will examine some features in Report Studio that can be very helpful while creating your reports:
Select the Product column. Using the Ancestor button in the Properties pane, select the List Column object as shown in the following screenshot:
From the Properties pane, change the Box Type property to None:
You will notice that you cannot see the Product column on the report page anymore. Now, assume that you want to change the Box Type property back to default. It is difficult to do it as you cannot select the column now.
From the menu, select View | Visual Aids | Show Hidden Objects. You will notice that the Product column becomes visible.
You can now select this column and change its properties...
