Changing formatting of fields in a Table node

Table nodes are typically used as they are without any customization. In this recipe, we will modify the settings so that some fields that are really integers are displayed without any decimals and other fields are displayed with additional digits of precision.

Getting ready

This recipe uses the datafile cup98lrn_reduced_vars3.sav and the stream Recipe – modify table.str.

How to do it...

To change formatting of fields in a Table node:

1. Open the stream Recipe – modify table.str by navigating to File | Open Stream. This is the stream you completed in the recipe Reformatting data for reporting with a Transpose node.

2. Make sure the datafile points to the correct path to cup98lrn_reduced_vars3.sav.

3. Insert a Table node and attach it to the Type node. Open the Table node. Right-click on the node and select the Edit option and then the Format tab.

4. Double-click on the AGE row, select Field Format (that appears as ####.###). In the row that has Standard decimal...