Reset page number at each different group

Hi, 
 
My report is similar to the one in the sample below. 
 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/491-page-numbers-in-report-layout-/#description'>Page numbers in report layout. - Designs & Code - BIRT Exchange</a> 
 
The page number will always reset to 1 at each country. But instead of having only 1 group, I have a few sub groups. 
E.g 
 
Group 1 - Country 
Group 2 - City 
Group 3 - Product Category 
Details - Order Details 
 
My initial thought was to create the 'Pages group' between Group1 and Group2. But it did not work. 
 
Also in the sample report, the interval is set to 10 so that one page is only restricted to 10 records. I do not need such restriction in my report.

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mwilliams

Hi Psych,

What group are you wanting to track the pages of in this example? If the group you're trying to track the pages of displays over multiple pages, you'll need to set up an interval, otherwise you won't get the footer at the end of each page for your use.

Psych

Hi Michael,

I want to track the pages by Country so that at each country, the page will will start as page 1.
Yes, it may spread over a few pages.

Edit -
Say if I want to print the report on both sides of a page, is it possible to have page1 on a 'brand new' page? Thanks!
e.g
Finland Page1-3 (total 2 pieces of paper, with 4th page blank)
France Page1-2 (total 1 piece of paper)
Germany Page1-5(total 3 pieces of paper, with 6th page blank)

mwilliams

Psych,

When I put the interval group between two other groups like you are trying to do, it doesn't seem to work correctly. The interval is ignored after the first page. I haven't quite figured out why. If I do, I'll let you know. As for the blank page in between country groups if it ends on an odd page, I don't know that this is possible. That being said, I haven't tried it yet either, so I could be wrong.

Psych

Thanks, Michael.

mwilliams

Psych,

I tried something with the footer at the bottom of each page issue. I found that if I set the table's page break interval to 0 rather than 40, the interval group worked to provide a footer to track your own page number.