Calc/Features/DataPilot custom display names

DataPilot custom display names

Specification Status
Author	Kohei Yoshida
Last Change	See wiki history
Status	In progress in CWS koheidatapilot03

Abstract

This feature enables the users to assign custom display names to fields, field members, subtotals (with some restrictions), and grand totals inside DataPilot tables. A custom display name is assigned to an item when the user types the alternative name into their respective cell that shows the original name.

References

Reference Document	Check	Location (URL)
Issue ID (required)	available	Issue 22029 Issue 81335
Test case specification (required)	n/a

Contacts

Role	Name	E-Mail Address
Developer	Kohei Yoshida	kyoshida@novell.com
Quality Assurance	Oliver Craemer	oliver.craemer@sun.com
Documentation	up for grabs
User Experience	up for grabs

Detailed Specification

Overview

This feature allows users to assign display names to fields, field members, subtotals, and grand totals in DataPilot tables. By assigning a display name, you can alter the output of the table without changing its source data. Assignment is done by directly typing in a new name to the cell that contains the original name of an item whose name you wish to change.

Field names

When assigning a display name to a field name, the name must not be identical to any of the original field names nor any of the existing display names already assigned to fields.

Migration

N/A

Configuration

N/A

File Format

This feature requires a file format change. A change in the ODF specification is being proposed here. Please refer to that proposal for the details of the proposed file format change for this feature.