The String type of variable allows you to define different possible values that the expression can be evaluated into. You only need to define the values for which you need to define specific style or text. The rest are taken care of by the Other condition.

This variable is useful when the expression only evaluates into true or false and you need to format the entries accordingly.

This type of variable returns the language in which report is run by the user. You don't need to define any expression for this type of variable. You simply need to choose the languages for which you want to perform certain actions (like display titles in the corresponding language, or show the respective country flag in header).

Here, we have used one variable of String type and one of Boolean type.

By assigning a variable to this property, we can control the styling aspect of the object which includes font, colors, data format, visibility, and so on.

By assigning a variable to this property, we can control the text/values being shown for that object. We can provide static text or a report expression. We can also choose to show value or label of another data item in the selected object.

In this example, we used this property to display the appropriate quarter name. Please note that it was possible to achieve the same result by putting a CASE statement in the data expression. However, the purpose here is to highlight the function of text source variable.