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Report Template Bands
Any report template (or report) consists of bands and controls that define how the report will look. See Report Creation Tool Toolbars for more information about controls.
Report template bands are the components of the report. For example, report header, main area of the report, report footer,... are components of many reports. Every report template can have the following bands:
| Band |
Description |
|---|
| Title |
The data in the Title band is displayed at the beginning of the report (i.e. is the title of the report). |
| Header |
The data in the Header band is displayed after the Title and at the top of each report page (i.e. is the report header). |
| Detail |
The data in the Detail band is the main part of the report (that contains the report itself) and is displayed after the Header band and before the Footer band on each page in the report. |
| Footer |
The data in the Footer band is displayed at the bottom of each report page (i.e. is the report footer). |
| Summary |
The data in the Summary band is displayed at the end of the report (i.e. is the report summary). |
| Page Style |
The data in the Page Style band is displayed at the background of every page in the report (i.e. is the report background). |
The only required and the most important band in the report is the Detail band.
The Detail band usually has results database controls, to display test results data for the report. The rule is that the Details band is shown (in any report) once for every record in the results database. So you need to create only one line in the Details band to define how all lines will be shown.
That's why any report template can be used to create a report not depending on the data within it (because all data for the particular report is generated using a single independent line in the Detail band).
You can select to show or hide the report template bands in the report, using the Report menu (the Title, Summary, Header, Footer and Page Style commands).
You can change any band height by dragging the gray area below the band (with the band name on it).
To simplify controls positioning using the Report Editor you can use rulers. You can set up to show (or hide) rulers by checking Rulers in the View menu. Rulers supports millimeters, inches, printer pixels and screen pixels units. You can select the unit type from the Units submenu of the Report menu.
See Also:
 Report Creation Tool Toolbars
Report Creation Tool
Report Template Groups
The Groups Dialog
Results Database Field Names
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