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  • DS

    Sub Reports

    Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
    Thanks
    DS
  • Eric Schittlipz

    #2
    Re: Sub Reports

    "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
    news:yVord.58$9 94.13@fe08.lga. ..[color=blue]
    > Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
    > Thanks
    > DS[/color]

    Most often that's where they belong, but they could go anywhere. Sticking
    to the polite locations to place them, suppose the main report was based on
    Contacts and the sub-report was based on a related table ContactNotes, then
    the detail section shows for each contact, and so if the subreport was here,
    you'd see the related notes for each contact.
    If however, you subreport showed a breakdown summary of your contacts table,
    eg number of contacts per sales territory, then you could have this in a
    report header, so you see an overall summary of the contacts followed by a
    section for each contact.



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    • DS

      #3
      Re: Sub Reports

      Eric Schittlipz wrote:[color=blue]
      > "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
      > news:yVord.58$9 94.13@fe08.lga. ..
      >[color=green]
      >>Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
      >>Thanks
      >>DS[/color]
      >
      >
      > Most often that's where they belong, but they could go anywhere. Sticking
      > to the polite locations to place them, suppose the main report was based on
      > Contacts and the sub-report was based on a related table ContactNotes, then
      > the detail section shows for each contact, and so if the subreport was here,
      > you'd see the related notes for each contact.
      > If however, you subreport showed a breakdown summary of your contacts table,
      > eg number of contacts per sales territory, then you could have this in a
      > report header, so you see an overall summary of the contacts followed by a
      > section for each contact.
      >
      >
      >[/color]
      Its not really a Sub Report. I tried putting it in details and got a
      mess. I need it to be in its own section. I guess I'm trying to print
      4 reports one after the other on the same report. Any ideas? Thanks.
      DS

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      • Eric Schittlipz

        #4
        Re: Sub Reports

        "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
        news:Jhqrd.63$C P4.19@fe08.lga. ..[color=blue]
        > Eric Schittlipz wrote:[color=green]
        >> "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
        >> news:yVord.58$9 94.13@fe08.lga. ..
        >>[color=darkred]
        >>>Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
        >>>Thanks
        >>>DS[/color]
        >>
        >>
        >> Most often that's where they belong, but they could go anywhere.
        >> Sticking to the polite locations to place them, suppose the main report
        >> was based on Contacts and the sub-report was based on a related table
        >> ContactNotes, then the detail section shows for each contact, and so if
        >> the subreport was here, you'd see the related notes for each contact.
        >> If however, you subreport showed a breakdown summary of your contacts
        >> table, eg number of contacts per sales territory, then you could have
        >> this in a report header, so you see an overall summary of the contacts
        >> followed by a section for each contact.
        >>
        >>
        >>[/color]
        > Its not really a Sub Report. I tried putting it in details and got a mess.
        > I need it to be in its own section. I guess I'm trying to print 4 reports
        > one after the other on the same report. Any ideas? Thanks.
        > DS[/color]


        From the example above, imagine you wanted to produce a contact analysis
        report where numbers of of contacts were broken down in 4 various ways, eg
        by country, by sales territory, by industry type, etc then you could have 4
        subreports on the main report. If the main report itself was not based on
        any datasource - ie had a blank 'Record Source' property then it wouldn't
        matter in which section you placed them - report header, detail or footer.
        You simply place them one after the other.
        I suppose the question is: Does the main report need a record source and if
        so, how does it relate to the record source of the subreports.?






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        • DS

          #5
          Re: Sub Reports

          Eric Schittlipz wrote:[color=blue]
          > "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
          > news:Jhqrd.63$C P4.19@fe08.lga. ..
          >[color=green]
          >>Eric Schittlipz wrote:
          >>[color=darkred]
          >>>"DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
          >>>news:yVord.5 8$994.13@fe08.l ga...
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>>Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
          >>>>Thanks
          >>>>DS
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>Most often that's where they belong, but they could go anywhere.
          >>>Sticking to the polite locations to place them, suppose the main report
          >>>was based on Contacts and the sub-report was based on a related table
          >>>ContactNotes , then the detail section shows for each contact, and so if
          >>>the subreport was here, you'd see the related notes for each contact.
          >>>If however, you subreport showed a breakdown summary of your contacts
          >>>table, eg number of contacts per sales territory, then you could have
          >>>this in a report header, so you see an overall summary of the contacts
          >>>followed by a section for each contact.
          >>>
          >>>
          >>>[/color]
          >>
          >>Its not really a Sub Report. I tried putting it in details and got a mess.
          >>I need it to be in its own section. I guess I'm trying to print 4 reports
          >>one after the other on the same report. Any ideas? Thanks.
          >>DS[/color]
          >
          >
          >
          > From the example above, imagine you wanted to produce a contact analysis
          > report where numbers of of contacts were broken down in 4 various ways, eg
          > by country, by sales territory, by industry type, etc then you could have 4
          > subreports on the main report. If the main report itself was not based on
          > any datasource - ie had a blank 'Record Source' property then it wouldn't
          > matter in which section you placed them - report header, detail or footer.
          > You simply place them one after the other.
          > I suppose the question is: Does the main report need a record source and if
          > so, how does it relate to the record source of the subreports.?
          >
          >
          >
          >
          >
          >[/color]
          The main report is based on a Query. I have 3 other "Sub-Reports" to
          add to this main one.
          DS

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          • Eric Schittlipz

            #6
            Re: Sub Reports


            "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
            news:jlvrd.302$ IY7.118@fe08.lg a...[color=blue]
            > Eric Schittlipz wrote:[color=green]
            >> "DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
            >> news:Jhqrd.63$C P4.19@fe08.lga. ..
            >>[color=darkred]
            >>>Eric Schittlipz wrote:
            >>>
            >>>>"DS" <bootybox@opton line.net> wrote in message
            >>>>news:yVord. 58$994.13@fe08. lga...
            >>>>
            >>>>
            >>>>>Where do you add a Sub-Report? To the detail Section?
            >>>>>Thanks
            >>>>>DS
            >>>>
            >>>>
            >>>>Most often that's where they belong, but they could go anywhere.
            >>>>Sticking to the polite locations to place them, suppose the main report
            >>>>was based on Contacts and the sub-report was based on a related table
            >>>>ContactNote s, then the detail section shows for each contact, and so if
            >>>>the subreport was here, you'd see the related notes for each contact.
            >>>>If however, you subreport showed a breakdown summary of your contacts
            >>>>table, eg number of contacts per sales territory, then you could have
            >>>>this in a report header, so you see an overall summary of the contacts
            >>>>followed by a section for each contact.
            >>>>
            >>>>
            >>>>
            >>>
            >>>Its not really a Sub Report. I tried putting it in details and got a
            >>>mess. I need it to be in its own section. I guess I'm trying to print 4
            >>>reports one after the other on the same report. Any ideas? Thanks.
            >>>DS[/color]
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >> From the example above, imagine you wanted to produce a contact analysis
            >> report where numbers of of contacts were broken down in 4 various ways,
            >> eg by country, by sales territory, by industry type, etc then you could
            >> have 4 subreports on the main report. If the main report itself was not
            >> based on any datasource - ie had a blank 'Record Source' property then it
            >> wouldn't matter in which section you placed them - report header, detail
            >> or footer. You simply place them one after the other.
            >> I suppose the question is: Does the main report need a record source and
            >> if so, how does it relate to the record source of the subreports.?
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>
            >>[/color]
            > The main report is based on a Query. I have 3 other "Sub-Reports" to add
            > to this main one.
            > DS[/color]



            But still we don't know if they are related in any way and you don't give
            any further clues as to what the report should look like. We don't know
            whether you need to see a list of related data for each record in the main
            datasource (like the contacts/contacts notes example) or whether the four
            reports are self-contained (as per the last contact analysis example). This
            makes such a big difference because you need to decide if you need entries
            for the Link Master and Link Child Fields.
            If the four reports are not related, then you could create a fifth report
            (with a blank recordsource) and have the other four reports all as
            subreports in the detail section (or in fact any other). Alternatively, put
            the 3 subreports in the footer section of the first report making sure you
            have no unnecessary Link Master and Link Child Fields entered.


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