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The PIVOTTABLE element is the enclosing element of an abstract pivot dataset that can be used for creating a variety of multidimensional outputs such as tables and charts.
The resulting data is drawn into a box defined by X-Size and Y-Size. If these are not defined, the view will expand to whatever space it can claim in the parent.
The PIVOTTABLE element is part of the Business Graphs group in the Report Designer Tool Box.
Depending on the visualization type (specified by the drawAs property), the output may span several pages. For these visualitzation types (such at Tables), the enclosing containers should support propagation.
Select the object on the Report Design page to display its properties in the Properties View. You can change the object's default appearance by setting the values of its properties.
The drawAs property specifies the type of output that is rendered from the data. Depending on the type selected and the number of available dimensions, the rendering is delegated to the map chart, category chart, XY chart or table element. In case that the number of selected dimensions outnumbers the respective number in the selected visualization, the exceeding dimensions and measures are ignored. The values are assigned from left to right so that if for example a pivot table with 4 dimensions and 3 measures is drawn as a category chart which has only 2 dimensions and one measure, then the chart will be drawn using the first two dimensions and the first measure from the pivot table's columns. Selecting "Table" causes the output to be drawn in tabular form, displaying all selected columns of the pivot table.
The valid values of drawAs for this object are: Area | Bar | Bar3D | Line | Line3D | Pie | Pie3D | Polar | Ring | Scatter | StackedArea | StackedBar | Step | StepArea | Table | TimeSeries | Waterfall | XYArea | XYStackedArea | XYLine . The default is a Table.
The fidelity property applies only if the chart is drawn as a table (drawAs="Table").