Detail Band

The Detail Band is the central part of a report. Unlike other report bands, this band cannot be deleted - the report structure includes the detail band as its core. The contents of the detail band are repeated for every data entry. For example, if a Tank Capacity Report is processed, a data entry is listed for each valid Space Name.

On the Properties window, the Detail Band properties are divided into the following tabs:

Appearance

Background Color

Specifies the background colour of controls. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab ().

Border Color, Border Dash Style, Border Width and Borders

Specifies border settings for controls.

Font

Specifies the font settings for controls. Some of the functionality is available on the Report Designer tab.

Foreground Color

Specifies the text colour for controls. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab ().

Formatting Rules

Displays the Formatting Rules Editor window, used to choose which rules are applied to a report during report generation, and to define the priority of the applied rules.

Height

Specifies the height in report measurement units.The default height for a created detail band is 100.

Padding

Specifies indent values used to render the contents of the controls.

Style Priority

Defines the priority of various styles (for example, background colour or border colour).

Styles

Defines odd and even styles for the controls, as well as assigning an existing style to the them (or a newly created one).

Text Alignment

Changes the alignment of report control text. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab.

Behavior

Drill Down Control

Specifies a control used to expand/collapse the band.

Drill Down Expanded

Specifies if the band is expanded or collapsed when using the drill down functionality.

Keep Together

Specifies whether the contents of the band can be horizontally split across pages. Reporting attempts to keep sequential detail band entries on a single page. The option applies to data that is grouped or in a parent-detail report. If a group does not fit, and would start in the middle of a page, the report moves the group to a new page, thus reducing the number of page breaks in continuous data.

Keep Together with Detail Reports

When the check box is selected, the detail band is always printed on the same page as the child detail report band, or multiple bands.

Multi-Column Options

Prints the content of the band using multiple columns.

Page Break

Use this property if the current report design requires that the detail section must be separated from previous sections or follow-ups. Specify the Before the Band or After the Band values to insert a page break before or after the current band. In many cases, this property can be used instead of the Page Break control.

Scripts

Contains events which can be handled with scripts.

Visible

Specifies whether the band is visible when using the print preview.

Data

Sort Fields

Displays the Group Field Collection Editor, which is used to specify the fields for sorting records in the band, the sorting order (Ascending/Descending) for each field and the order sequence.

Tag

Adds additional information to a report, for example, the id, by which the report can then be accessible via scripts.

Miscellaneous

(Name)

Determines the name of the report, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Properties window or via scripts.

Snap Line Padding

Specifies indent values used to render the contents of the band, which are maintained when the control is aligned using snap lines.

Sub-Bands

Displays the Sub-Band Collection Editor window, which is used to manage the report sub-bands.

Favorites

Right-click on the Favorites tab and select Edit Favorite Property List to display the Favorite Properties Editor, which is used to customise the available properties on the Favorites tab.

Refer tro Conditionally Modify Control Display, Styles Concepts, Multi-Column Report, Handle Events via Scripts and Sort Report Data for further information.