7.3. User defined report sections - a more complex report
The objective for our next report is to see all the titles for each author. Start by creating
a new query called 'examplequery' using the following SQL statement
select name, title from authors, literature where author_id=author |
Create the new report based on this datasource. Create one field in the datasection and connect
it to the column 'title'. It now looks like our previous report. Create a new userdefined
section by clicking on the 'Sections' button in the left toolbar. A new dialog opens.
Add 'name' into the field below 'Section to add' and press the button with the right arrow. You
will see that a new pair of sections have now embraced the datasection. Press the 'Exit' button
to close the dialog. Add a field to the newly created 'name' sectionheader and set 'name' as the
column. Now have a look at the result. Looks neat, doesn't it?
Add a new field to the 'name' sectionfooter and set 'name' as the column. Replace the valuefield
entry with 'There are %COUNT% titles for the author "%VALUE%" in this database'.
Some additional sectionfooter field properties have been set: the border lines and wordbreak set
to "yes".