Setup|Banner Templates from Variable Data

In Setup|Banner Templates from Variable Data you can create a banner template from variables in your variable type data file or open an existing banner template. You can also add the banner template as a banner in your open job file. Upon initial entry into the Banner Templates from Variable Data dialog box, WinCross displays the number of variables and number of cases in the open data file.

Find a variable

Allows you to enter search criteria to locate a specific variable. This is especially useful when there are many variables in your job file and you only want to select a specific variable or group of variables.

Find Next

Finds the next occurrence of the search value specified in Find a variable. The Find Next button turns gray when no more occurrences of the search value are found.

Selecting variables

When a variable is selected from the list of variables, the variable Name, Type and Label are displayed. If multiple variables are selected, the information about the first variable selected will be displayed.
Compute and display the frequency report automatically - When selected, this option displays the Frequency of each Code and Value Label for the selected variable. If multiple variables are selected, the information about the first variable selected will be displayed.
Scan all cases - Scans all cases in the data file when computing the frequency report.
Scan n cases - Scans the number of cases specified when computing the frequency report.

Banner templates are built using sections. Section 1 will always be "Total", however, you can easily change this by highlighting Total in the Banner items list box for Section 1 and selecting Remove Item. You are then free to add your own variable selection(s) to Section 1.

When building a banner template, it is best to think of a Section as a group of banner columns that will all fall under a specific title or where there are only individual banner columns with no title. For example, if you are creating banner columns for Male and Female from the GENDER variable and will be using the Variable label of GENDER as your spanning title, those columns should be created as their own section.

All sections added will be combined together to create one banner. See the How to create a banner template using Banner Templates from Variable Data for step-by-step instructions on creating and saving a banner template and/or adding the banner to your job file.

Use glossary transformations

Populates the list of variables and creates banners with Glossary statements applied. These Glossary statements might include DELETE, DEFINE, DECLARE, LABEL, CODEVALUE, etc. and would affect which variables display in the list and/or how a banner is created.
The WinCross default is to Use glossary transformations.

Adding selected variable(s) to a banner section/Editing a selected variable

Adding/Editing a Column Label

Adding/Editing a Total

Adding/Editing a User-Defined Variable

Adding the banner to your job file

Title

Banner Title lets you give a descriptive title to your banner.
Enter the banner Title (up to 480 characters on up to 4 lines).
The banner Title is optional.

Filter title

Enter a Filter title (up to 480 characters on up to 4 lines).
The Filter title is optional.

Filter logic

Enter the Filter logic.
The Filter logic represents the variable name or location and the value of the data (for example, GENDER (1) or 1/5 (1)).
Filter logic is optional.

Show cell borders

Select the Show cell borders check box to display borders around the banner cells.

Column spacing

Choose the number of spaces before each banner column from the Column spacing dropdown menu.
The maximum number of spaces between banner columns is 5.
The default Column spacing is 1.
This setting applies to all sections of the banner.

Column width

Specify the Column width from the dropdown menu.
The default Column width in characters is 10.
Banner Column width must be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 20.
This setting applies to the current section of the banner only.

Add Section

Select Add Section to add a new section to your banner template.
The new Section is always added after existing sections.
Each Section is numbered numerically (i.e. Section 1, Section 2, etc.)
The maximum number of sections per banner is 20.

Move Left

Use Move Left to move a Section of the banner template to the left.
When sections are moved to the left, the Section names are changed accordingly to reflect their new position in the banner template.

Move Right

Use Move Right to move a Section of the banner template to the right.
When sections are moved to the right, the Section names are changed accordingly to reflect their new position in the banner template.

Remove Section

Click on the tab for the Section name you want to delete to make it the current Section.
Select Remove Section to delete the current Section of the banner.

Duplicate Section

Click on the tab for the Section name you want to duplicate to make it the current Section.
Select Duplicate Section to create a new section that is a duplicate of the current Section.
The duplicated Section is added after all existing sections.
To reposition the duplicated Section, use the Move Left and Move Right options.

Underline All Items

Use Underline All Items to add underlines to all banner and banner heading text.
This setting applies to all sections of the banner.

Remove All Underlines

Use Remove All Underlines to remove underlines from banner title and banner heading text.
This setting applies to all sections of the banner.

Preview

Preview provides a preview of the entire banner template.
All sections are combined into one banner template.
Use the Copy to Clipboard button to copy the contents of the Full Banner Preview dialog box to the Windows clipboard in simple text format.

New Template

Select New Template to start a new banner template.
You will be asked to confirm that you want your current banner template cleared and a new template started.
Select Yes to start a new banner template. Your current banner template will not be saved unless it was previously saved using Save Template As.
If you want to save your current banner template before starting a new banner template, select No and save your current banner template using Save Template As.

Load Template

Select Load Template to load an existing banner template.
If there is an open banner template that has not been saved, you will be asked to confirm that you want to load a different banner template without saving your changes.
Select Yes to load a different banner template. Your current banner template will not be saved unless it was previously saved using Save Template As.
If you want to save your current banner template before loading an existing banner template, select No and save your current banner template using Save Template As.
Select the banner template that you want to load from the list of banner templates on the Load Banner Template dialog box.

Save Template As

Select Save Template As to save the current banner template.
Enter a File name on the Save Banner Template As dialog box.
Banner templates are saved with the *.wbt extension.

Add Banner to Job