Referring to Fields in a Report Request

When creating a report, you refer to fields in several parts of the request. For example, in display commands (PRINT, SUM), in sort phrases (BY, ACROSS), and in selection criteria (WHERE, WHERE TOTAL, IF).

Several methods are available for referring to a field. You can:

• Refer to individual fields by using the alias specified in the Master File, referring to the name defined in the Master File, or using the shortest unique truncation of the field name or alias. For details, see Referring to an Individual Field.
• Refer to fields using qualified field names. For details, see Referring to Fields Using Qualified Field Names.
• Refer to all fields in a segment using only one field name. For details, see Referring to All of the Fields in a Segment.

You can also view a list of all the fields that are included in the currently active data source, or a specified Master File. For details, see the TIBCO WebFOCUS® Developing Reporting Applications manual.