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Product support for the ended on September 30, 2020.
- Write Up CS
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- Client Bookkeeping Solution
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Use the General tab of the Column Properties dialog or the Add Calculation Column dialog to review or modify certain properties of any column in a custom report, including column width, primary and secondary sort fields, column headings, and other column characteristics.
To review or modify the properties for an existing standard or calculation column in a custom report, click the Properties button on the Custom Report Layout dialog.
To create a new user-defined column in a custom report, click the Calc'd column button on the Custom Report Layout dialog.
Note: Setup Example 1 in the Payroll CS Tutorial provides an example setup of a custom payroll report. (An active Internet connection is required to open this guide in the Adobe Reader.)
See also: Creating a custom payroll report
Fields & buttons
Shows the category and name of the selected column.
Specify the column width in maximum number of characters.
Select the desired sort option from the drop-down list:
- <None> (default selection)
- Primary
- Secondary
Notes
If you choose either the Primary or the Secondary option for a selected column, you must choose either the Ascending (default) or the Descending option.
Only one column per report can be marked for Primary sort, and only one for Secondary sort. (If you specify a Primary or Secondary sort for a column, any other column previously set for the same sort option is automatically reset to <None> .)
Mark the Zero / blank test checkbox to omit any employee with a zero amount for that item.
Mark the Hide checkbox to hide the selected column (for an intermediate calculation, for example).
Mark the Total checkbox to include subtotals and a grand total for the selected column. This checkbox is available only for-numeric columns.
Enter or modify the text that will appear as the heading for the selected column. Enter up to three lines of text.
Enter or modify the text to appear in the selected column. You may enter text up to the length specified in the Length field.