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Repeating Group Footer At Every Page
mmah
One of the report designs that I worked on has two groupings in a table. The requirement I got is that the group footer for the first group to be repeated at every page regardless of whether the list of records for that group have been completely shown or not. The requirement also states that the footer is to appear at the bottom (or bottom-aligned) for each page.
Currently, from my observation, the group footer appears at the end of every sub account code (being my first grouping). If I try to separate the group footer out of the table and put it in the master page, that will definitely not work.
Is it possible to detach that footer and set it at the bottom or is it a limitation or is there any solution to this problem?
Thanks.
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mwilliams
Hi mmah,
Do you page break after each group? Also, is your data consistent as far as row height? Or are some rows taller than others?
mmah
Hi Michael,
1. On this report, we would do a page break on the first group. My setting is Auto for before and inside, while for After, it's 'Always Except Last'. For the second group, the settings are set to Auto for all the page break options.
2. As for the row heights that you've mentioned, I don't really touched on the height of rows, but most of the time, I would only set a percentage for a column width.
Now that you're mentioning of row heights, does this mean that giving a fix value of a row height could be the solution?
Melvin
mwilliams
Melvin,
I was asking about your row heights because I was going to suggest another group that would be interval based to be able to force a footer on the bottom of each page.
mmah
Hi Michael,
As per your question:
1. The main table is placed in a two row grid (with first row height set at 90% and second at 10%) (serves as a frame, second row contains a batch no (output from a Stored Procedure), used for the table, visibility is set as false.)
2.The main table has 8 rows (including group rows). The height for the first seven rows is set at 10% while the last row is set at 30%
3. In the main table, the two detail rows are given 10% height. This is included in the seven rows as mentioned in No. 2.
Please let me know if you need additional details. Thanks.
yamanko
i have same questions too, why does not BIRT add options like "repeat footer" in group property just same as "report header".....
any solutions about this issue?
mmah
Right now, what can be done is to turn the footer into a header by moving upwards....it seems that implementing a footer to repeat could be a enhancement in future.
yamanko
do you mean move content from footer to header? if so, these content will be showed before detail row rather than after.. that's not what i want.
mwilliams
yamanko,<br />
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This may be a good idea to request this as an enhancement for future versions. You can do so at <a class='bbc_url' href='
http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/reportabug.php'>BIRT
: Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements</a>.
mmah
Dear Yamanko,
yes, turn the footer into header.
yamanko
i was trying the latest version to fix this issue, but still have not found the solutions, hope next release will fix this problem..
version i tried is 2.5.1 stable and 2.5.1 nightly release
mwilliams
yamanko,
Did you request an enhancement for this?
yamanko
mwilliams
yes i did, the supporters said this enhancement will be considered for future release.
