Adding an image in auto design

This recipe will help you learn about using images in the report and how to use expressions to choose the images dynamically. A new column will be added to the report that indicates if the transaction date was before or after the due date. To indicate before and after, we will use a green check mark and a red cross for indication. A visual expression is easier to identify than just having a Boolean type value.

How it works…

Images are used in the scenarios to display the company logo or a product image. There are several ways to reference an image in a report such as embedded images, external images, and database. The tabular overview details the reference type and the usage:

Tip

Adding a company logo is a common scenario but at the moment, only precision design supports it and auto designs cannot reference the company image in the report header.