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Bands and Band Lines
Bands are areas on the report layout that control where Report Builder displays and prints data. Bands consist of one or more band lines, which are horizontal bars that control how and where data appears.
The band area on the Report Builder main window identifies the band type. There are seven types of bands. Each type of band displays data in a different place on the report and with a different frequency. Table 1–3 describes the different band types.
Table 1–3: Band Types Band Location and Frequency in Report Output Title Once per report at the beginning of the first page or on a separate title page. Page header At the top of each page or after the title on the first page. Group header Before each group of records. See "Sorting and Grouping Data," for information about group headers. Record Once per record. Note that the record band might display as a single line on the layout, but the printed report will have many record
lines — one for each record in the table. Group footer After each group of records. See "Sorting and Grouping Data," for information about group footers. Summary Once per report at the end of the last page or on a separate summary page. Page footer At the bottom of each page.
Bands always appear on the report layout in the order shown in Table 1–3. The band position on the layout does not indicate where the data appears on the report, but do not be concerned that you cannot reorder the bands. It is the band’s type, not its position, that controls where data appears in the report output.
Figure 1–10 shows how bands and band lines appear on the report layout.
Figure 1–10: Bands and Band Lines
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Notice that the band area contains a band label for each band, or group of band lines, on the layout. The band label applies not only to the band line where it appears, but also to all band lines below it separated by dotted lines. Dotted lines separate band lines of the same band. A solid line separates the band lines of different bands.
The narrow channel at the right edge of the band area is the band line status area. The band line status can be:
- Default — Band line has an automatic height and is always printed. The band line status area is blank.
- Freeform height — Band line is a freeform line with a fixed line height. Up and down arrows in the band line status area indicate the top and bottom border of any freeform line.
- Conditional printing — Band line prints only when a specific condition is met. A question mark indicates that a logical condition has been assigned to control printing of that line.
For a full explanation of band line height and conditional band line printing, see Bands."
Figure 1–11 shows band lines with status indicators.
Figure 1–11: Bands with Status Indicators
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The question marks on the group header and record band lines indicate that those band lines will print only when a specific condition is met. In this example, the print condition is set on the Backordered field. Report Builder will display only those records for which the Backordered field contains a false (No) value.
The arrows on the second summary band line indicate that the line has a fixed height. Because the specified height is .5 inches, the arrows are set .5 inches apart.
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