Under definitioncolumns (note the plural 's' at the end) contents of the single definition columns are specified (the definitioncolumn parameter (no 's' at the end)) in the order of appearance of these columns on the workbook sheet.

In the Simple Report example template (EX_RT101) there are two columns, the first for account code, and the other for account name. The column id may be any alphanumeric value. For clarity purposes, explanatory ids have been given in Simple Report, because unlike sheets and areas, the columns have no name parameter. The column header to show on the template and the dimension in question are specified for each column. The dimension is given with the dimensiontype parameter. To get the account code in the first column we specify presentationproperty as udid and for account name in the second column presentationproperty is set to name. udid is the code telling what item (for example, account and unit) of the dimension (for example, accounts, dim00 - dim09, and document series) to deal with.

Figure 25: Definition columns