Formatting Sections

Introduction

A section in a report created using the HTML Report Panel is made up of two elements:

• a section cell – which displays the value that filters the information displayed in the section

• a table, chart, or form – that displays the data corresponding to the value displayed in the section cell.
  

You can format:

• the section – select a background color and specify the position of the section cell

• the section cell

• the page layout and page breaks for the section

Formatting a section

To format a section:

1. Make sure you are in Edit mode and verify you are on the Format tab.
   If the Format tab is not visible, check the More report options check box.
   A document can contain multiple reports. The name of the selected report appears in the Current report dropdown list box.
   

2. Leave the displayed report selected.
   Or
   Select a different report by clicking the arrow next to the Current report dropdown list box, and then select a different report from the list.
   The Result Preview pane displays the structure of the report.

3. Click the Section area in the Result Preview pane.
   

4. To select the section you want to format, click on the object on which the section is based.
   
   The selected section becomes more darkly shaded.

5. Set the formatting options for the section:
   

6. If you want to apply these settings to all of the sections in the report, click the Apply button next to the Section pane.
   Or
   If you only want to apply these settings to the selected section, then either click Run, if you are generating the results for the first time, or click Apply, if you have already generated the results once.

Formatting a section cell

To format a section cell:

1. Make sure you are in Edit mode with the HTML Report Panel open and verify you are on the Format tab.
   If the Format tab is not visible, check the More report options check box.
   A document can contain multiple reports. The name of the selected report appears in the Current report dropdown list box.

2. Leave the displayed report selected.
   Or
   Select a different report by clicking the arrow next to the Current report.
   The Result Preview pane displays the structure of the report.

3. Click the Section Cells area in the Result Preview pane.
   

4. To select the section cell you want to format, click the object on which the section is based.
   
   The selected object becomes more darkly shaded.
   The section cell formatting options appear.
   

5. Set the formatting options you want for the selected cell:
   

6. If you want to apply these settings to all of the section cells in the report, click the Apply button next to the Section pane.
   Or
   If you only want to apply these settings to the selected section cell, then either click Run, if you are generating the results for the first time, or click Apply, if you have already generated the results once.
   The section cell(s) are displayed with the format(s) you specified.

Setting the page layout for sections

To set the page layout for a section:

1. Make sure you are in Edit mode with the HTML Report Panel open and verify you are on the Properties tab.
   If the Properties tab is not visible, check the More report options check box.
   A document can contain multiple reports. The name of the selected report appears in the Current report dropdown list box.

2. Leave the displayed report selected.
   Or
   Select a different report by clicking the arrow next to the Current report.
   The Result Preview pane displays the structure of the report.

3. Click the Sections area in the Result Preview pane.
   
   The objects on which there are sections, appear in the pane to the right of the Result Preview pane.
   

4. To select the section for which you want to set page layout, click an object.

5. In the Others section select the appropriate options:
   

6. Click Run, if you are generating the results for the first time.
   Or
   Click Apply, if you have already generated the results once.