Displaying data with alternating-style rows

HOW-TO
Display data with alternating-style rows

DESCRIPTION
In order to display data in a more readable way, you may assign different styles to odd and even rows. The styles for odd and even rows may include different background colors for better contrast, different foreground colors, etc.

SOLUTION

1. Open the report in designer and select the detail section. Right click and select "Conditional Formatting" from the context menu. Once the Conditional Formatting Rules editor appears, select the built-in RowCount() function for the expression and divide it by 2 (= RowNumber() % 2) , = as Operator and =0 for the Value column. Then from the Style button you can select the styles you would like to be applied to the detail section. When the above rule is evaluated it would apply your preferences to all even rows. You can see this in action in our List Bound Report online example.
   
   

Note: The built-in ColumnNumber function makes sense only when using the Table/CrossTab report items.