Subreport Page Header Workaround

[Feedback]

Has anyone come up with a way to work around the limitation of not being able to show a header on each page within a subreport?

What if I limit the number of records that I have on a given page to say, 25, and force the pagination at that point?

Since my rows can size dynamically due to text wrapping, this really isn't an ideal solution, but it has now become a requirement that headers appear on all pages.

Thanks for the help!

[Svetoslav]

Hello Feedback,

We're working on to enable the page sections for subreports. Actually what we plan to do is to allow the users to display several reports subsequently thus every report will use its own page sections that is what exactly you need to do.

It is not possible to set the number of rows to display on one page (as a grid control does), because the main purpose of the reporting tool is to generate reports that are ready for printing, and when printed they should appear on the paper in exactly the same way as they are displayed on the screen. This limits the report pages to physical pages, so the number of rows to fit on a page depends on the size of that page (its height) and size of the sections that occur on that page.

 
All the best,
Svetoslav
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[Vince]

You mentioned that you are "working on to enable the page sections for subreports".  Is this change in Q2 2008 release?

Thanks

[Svetoslav]

Hello Vince,

Just to make this clear - our plans are to allow combining several reports in one single document and not to enable the page sections of the nested reports. Unfortunately we are still working on the core reporting functionality and up until now we haven't got the chance to make any progress on this. Once we have clear date about this it will be reflected in our product roadmap.

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Svetoslav
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[Vince]

So is there no other way to get column headings to repeat on subsequent pages when using subreports other than having those headings on the page header section?

Thanks!

[Steve]

Hi Vince,

Page header/footer sections of subreports are ignored by our reporting engine by default - only the master report can have page sections. In order to have a header/footer that repeats on every page, you can consider using an unbound group (a group without any grouping criteria specified) and set its GroupHeader/FooterSection.PrintOnEveryPage = True.

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Steve
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[Vince]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I tried adding the unbound group, but now none of the detail records are being displayed on the first page.  In the details section keeptogether = false and I also tried stting the keeptogether for the group to false and that did not work either.  Any idea why the details would no longer output on the first page now that i have added the group?

[Steve]

Hi Vince,

Can you verify that you have enough space to render the data for the first page - please check the height and width of the section. Also make sure that you do not have PageBreaks for the group - if you do please remove them.
If none of the above helps, please open a formal support ticket and send us your report.

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Steve
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[Vince]

Thanks again for the suggestions.  I have verfied that there is enough space to render the report details on the first page.   I can open a support ticket on this.  Exaxtly what would you need me to send?  I have the main report then another report that has the column headings for the subreport and then the subreport details.

Thanks!

[Steve]

Hello Vince,

Zip and send us everything that is relevant to the problem. It would be best if we're able to run the report and see the issue on our end, so using a dummy data, using AdventureWorks, Nwind or sending a backup of your database would be appreciated.

Sincerely yours,
Steve
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[Dan]

Has there been any progress on being able to show header/footer information for subreports or nesting multiple reports in one document?  I haven't been able to find any topics like this in the last few years.  We're basically trying to create a report that has 4 different sets of data listed monthly and having totals on them, like a dashboard.  Without a report footer to do the summation in, I'm not sure how to achieve this effect.

[Steve]

Hi Lars Solberg,

This forum thread is more than two years old and a lot has changed. First, report footer is available for subreport items as well, I guess you are referring to page footer? You can create 4 different reports from the 4 different sets of data and combine them into a Report Book. Each report in the report book can has different page settings and separate page headers/footers.

Greetings,
Steve
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