Report Sections
A report section is the basic unit of layout in a report. Sections can contain fields, text, and graphics. The sections in a Tabular Reporter document are created automatically. The Form and Page Layout types of report presentation have only detail sections (pages) to which can be added text, fields, and graphics.
Report Section Types
The following are the three report section types in a Tabular report document:
Header Report Page
Is the first page of the report. A header report section (or page) can be used for report titles and dates. It can be printed as a separate report title page.
Detail Report Page
Contains the main body of the report's data. It can contain page headers and footers. The entire body section prints for each row of data retrieved from your database.
Footer Report Page
Is the last page of the report. A footer report page may be used for any purpose. Typically, footer report pages are used to display aggregate summary information.
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.
Icons that Let You Navigate a Report
The following icons let you navigate in a report:
Next Page
To go to the next page of the report, or to create a new page, click the Next Page (right arrow) icon in the file toolbar. Alternatively, click View, Next Page.
Previous Page
To go to the previous page of the report, click the Previous Page (left arrow) icon in the file toolbar. Alternatively, click View, Previous Page.
Goto Page
To go to a specific page of the report:
1. Click View, Goto Page.
2. Select the section or type of field you want to go to from the Go to What option field, or enter a page number in the Enter Page Number entry field.
3. Click Close.
The specified OpenROAD Reporter section or page appears.
Insert New Page
To insert a new page in the report, click Edit, Insert New Page. The new page is added following the current last page of the report. (Form type reports only.)
Delete Current Page
To delete the current page from the report, click Edit, Delete Current Page. (Form reports only.)