How You Can Work with Sections
Working with report sections in Reporter requires only that you take note of which types of fields can be added to each section.
Header Section
The header section (header report page) is created automatically when you create a Tabular report. You include whatever information you want to appear in the header by simply adding fields in the work area.
Select the appropriate tools from the field palette, then click in the work area and drag the cursor to draw the types of fields you want to include in the report's header section. For example:
• To create a report title, add a free trim field, then type the title of the report in the field.
• To include a date in the header section, add a date field.
• To include a logo or other image, add an image field.
Note: The Form report type and the Page Layout template do not have header or footer sections.
To view a header report page
Click View, Header Report.
The window title changes to Header Report Page.
Detail Section
The detail section (detail report page) contains the body of the report. It is created automatically for all Tabular reports. It is the only section in Form and Page Layout type report presentations.
A detail page for a Tabular report can have page headers and footers. The master row on a tablefield report is part of the page header.
Select the appropriate tools from the field palette, then click in the work area and drag the cursor to draw the types of fields you want to include in the report's detail section.
To view a detail report page
Click View, Detail Page.
The window title changes to Detail Report Page.
Footer Section
A footer section (footer report page) is created automatically when you create a new Tabular report. The Footer section may contain summary information or any other information.
Select the appropriate tools from the field palette, then click in the work area and drag the cursor to draw the types of fields you want to include in the report's footer.
To view a footer report section
Click View, Footer Report.
The window title changes to Footer Report Page.