You can configure a detail element to display:
- Static text
- Source data property
- Combination of static text and source properties
How to create the binding expression
- Select field or click on the
button in the Source Properties pane; - Find the property in the tree and select it to add to the binding. Note: only the properties that are valid for binding are shown in the tree.
- Continue the above step to bind multiple properties to the same field.
- Optionally, edit the binging expression to
- Change the order of the properties;
- Add static text;
- Add formatting;
Syntax of the binding expression
Path of the source property is enclosed with {}. The text including the {} braces are replaced with the value of the property. Texts outside of the {} are static and not changed.
| Feature | Expression | Description | Example | Display |
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| Static text | Any text | Display a static text. |
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| Single properties | {Property} | Display the value of the bound source property. |
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| Multiple property | {Property1} {Property2} | Display the concatenation of the value from multiple properties. |
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| Combination of static text and properties | Text1 {Property1} Text2 {Property2} | Combining static text (including space) and properties to display more descriptive information or complete sentences. |
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| Date and time format |
| Display date and time in specific format. More detail of date & time format can be found at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings |
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| Number & currency format | {Property:#.00} {Property:#.c} | Display number in specific format. More detail of number format can be found at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings |
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| Array element | {ArrayProperty[Index]} {ArrayProperty[Index].Property} | Display the text in an string array at the specific index, display a property of the array element at the specific index. Note: index starts from 0. |
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| JSON path query | {ArrayProperty[?(@.Title='the title')].Value} | Evaluate the JSON Path Query at runtime and display the selected value. More detail about JSON Path can be found at: https://restfulapi.net/json-jsonpath/ |
The above expression selects the element in the LEAVE_DATA array where the element's NAME property is 'OPERATION' and binds to the element's VALUE property. |