Conditionally Hide Bands

Bands may be conditionally hidden.

In this example a report with a Group Header band will be used. The report will be set to hide both the Group Header and Detail band where the Loop number that instruments are grouped by has been set, i.e. only instruments not assigned to a loop will be displayed.

• Select the Group Header's strip, and in the Property Grid, locate the Formatting Rules property, and click the ellipsis.

  In the Formatting Rules Editor, click Edit Rule Sheet.

  

• In the Formatting Rule Sheet Editor, click , to create a new rule. Then set its Visible property to No.

  

• For the Condition property, click the ellipsis, construct the required boolean expression to be met, and click OK.

  

  Click Close to close the Formatting Rule Sheet Editor.

• In the Formatting Rules Editor, move the rule from the Available Rules list to the Applied Rules list (using the > button) to apply it to the Group Header band.

  

  Do the same for the Detail band as well.

Switch to the Preview tab to view the result.