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User’s Guide
Changing the Master Table for a Report
When you create a report, you specify the master table. However, you might want to change the master table after you create the initial layout. For example, you can create a financial report with one master table, then change the master table to run it against a table that has the same structure, but contains different data.
Before you change the master table for a report, consider the following issues:
- If the master table contains a field that is used in a join, the new master table must also contain the same field. If it does not, you must delete the join before Report Builder will changes the master table.
- If the master table contains fields that are in use on the report layout or in user-defined fields, Report Builder removes the database fields from the layout that are not in the new master table. It will also remove any user-defined fields that use fields that are not in the new master table.
After you determine that these considerations will not negatively affect the report definition, you can change the master table.
Follow these steps to change the master table for a report:
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