Suppressing Blank Text

Use

Follow this procedure to suppress the output of data if a particular value does not exist.

Prerequisites

You have created the document template and inserted the required text, identifier, specification, and parameter symbols (see Document Template Layout Editing).

Procedure

Adopting Symbols as Control Symbols

You first have to define the symbols for which values have to exist to output the values of defined additional symbols or Microsoft Word text. You can adopt these control symbols from the document template or symbol tree:

Adopting Symbols from the Document Template

  1. Select the required symbols of the type Specification (01) or Parameter (02) in the document template.

  2. On the Blank Compression tab page below the Temp. Symbols group box, choose with the quick info text Insert Symbol from Template.

    The selected symbols are displayed in the Templ. Symbols group box.

  3. Transfer the required symbols from the Templ. Symbols group box to the Control Symbols group box by double-clicking (or by choosing with the quick info text Move to Right).

Adopting Symbols from the Symbol Tree

  1. Select a symbol of the type Specification (01) or Parameter (02) in the symbol tree.

  2. On the Blank Compression tab page below the Control Symbols group box, choose with the quick info text Insert Symbol from Tree.

    The symbol from the symbol tree is transferred to the Control Symbols group box.

    Note Note

    You can edit or delete control symbols. To do this, below the Control Symbols group box, choose with the quick info text Edit Symbol or Delete Symbol .

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Defining Relation

Below the group box, set one of the following indicators, as required:

Relation

Control symbol

AND

–

OR

+

With Alternative

For example:

<13CNG000>

<13ENG000>

See also Blank Compression and Blank Compression Example.

Inserting Blank Compression

  1. In the document template, select the symbol or text that is to be suppressed if no value for the control symbol exists.

  2. Above the Blank Compression tab page, choose with the quick info text Insert WWI Object in Template .

    Blank compression is inserted around the selected area.

    Note Note

    Blank compressions have the report symbol type 13.

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Particular Features

The following applies for blank compressions within Microsoft Word tables containing multiple cells:

  • If blank compression encloses entire table rows, the applicable table cells are completely suppressed:

    Row 1

    <13BNG001(...)> row 2

    Text

    ...<13ENG001>

    Row 3

Result when text is suppressed:

Row 1

Row 3

  • If the blank compression encloses only parts of table rows, only the content of the enclosed cells will be suppressed. The actual cells are retained:

    Row 1

    Row 2

    <13BNG001(...)> text

    ...<13ENG001>

    Row 3

Result when text is suppressed:

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3