Report Design Question

Hi everyone!
I am developing a Work Order report similar to the "Adventure Works Cycles"
sample provided with Reporting Services. What I would like to do is repeat
the "Header" information on each page. I am looking at the samples for an
example on how to do this but no luck. I even reduced the height of the
"Adventure Works Cycles" sample report to see if it's Header data is carried
over and it isn't.
How do I get my "Header" data to carry over to the next page. I tried adding
it to the page Header but it doesn't like field data in it.
Thanks in advance,
YoshiLook at the Header attibute for the Table. It can be set to repeat on each
page.
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cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTFEED02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP10|||My header data is not in the table as I am confined to the column width. I
placed the header data in the body of the report above the table. I used the
"Adventure Works Cycles" sample provided by Microsoft, as my guide.
My problem is when the detail lines carry over to the next page. I would
like page 2 to have the same header data that page 1 has. In fact, I want
subsequent pages to look like page 1 with the header data.
Make sense?
Thanks,
Yoshi
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> Look at the Header attibute for the Table. It can be set to repeat on each
> page.
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> | Hi everyone!
> |
> | I am developing a Work Order report similar to the "Adventure Works
> Cycles"
> | sample provided with Reporting Services. What I would like to do is
> repeat
> | the "Header" information on each page. I am looking at the samples for
> an
> | example on how to do this but no luck. I even reduced the height of the
> | "Adventure Works Cycles" sample report to see if it's Header data is
> carried
> | over and it isn't.
> |
> | How do I get my "Header" data to carry over to the next page. I tried
> adding
> | it to the page Header but it doesn't like field data in it.
> |
> | Thanks in advance,
> |
> | Yoshi
> |
> |
> |
>|||Place the header in a table group - go to Edit Group and select the
"Repeat Header" option.|||Unfortunately, my header will not work in the "Table" header row. The
columns do not allow for the correct width.
Thanks for the response.
"papaboom" <smith.jamie@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Place the header in a table group - go to Edit Group and select the
> "Repeat Header" option.
>|||Techinically - Yoshi - you are not confined to keeping your header
outside the table. If this is the problem - then place the header back
in the header (or group header) section of the table. If for example
this is a single header in the header section of the table then you can
put the header in the left-most cell then select the adjacent cells in
the header row (by pressing Ctrl-click.) Once all the cells from that
row are selected - right-click the slected cells and select the "Merge
Cells" option. This will merger the cels an that row only - and will
leave the Details section rows intact.
Lastly if this is a stand alone text-object over a table - then right
click the textbox you want to repeat and select Properties. Then select
the Advanced button at the bottom left corner - on the General tab
there should be an option selected called "Repeat report item..." and
beneath it is a drop-down - select the table you wish the object to
repoeat with in each page and you should be in business. If your table
is named Table1 - then select Table1.
Let us know how it turns out.|||I really appreciate everyone's input. Thank you!
Hi. I tried the 2nd suggestion where I selected my stand alone text-object
that is over my table.
I right clicked the textbox and selected Properties. I then clicked the the
Advanced button at the bottom left corner on the General tab. I then clicked
the "Repeat report item with data region on every page" and selected the
"table 1" Data region in the drop down.
I run the report and it doesn't repeat the header textbox on the subsequent
pages. I believe this is all I need to do. This should repeat the text box
for the data region when it spans multiple pages, correct?
Basically, I want my header text boxes to repeat on each page. Just as if I
placed then in the Group header row in the table. Unfortunately, the header
data is formatted in such a way that the table does not lend itself for this
design.
Thanks again!
Yosh
"papaboom" <smith.jamie@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Techinically - Yoshi - you are not confined to keeping your header
> outside the table. If this is the problem - then place the header back
> in the header (or group header) section of the table. If for example
> this is a single header in the header section of the table then you can
> put the header in the left-most cell then select the adjacent cells in
> the header row (by pressing Ctrl-click.) Once all the cells from that
> row are selected - right-click the slected cells and select the "Merge
> Cells" option. This will merger the cels an that row only - and will
> leave the Details section rows intact.
> Lastly if this is a stand alone text-object over a table - then right
> click the textbox you want to repeat and select Properties. Then select
> the Advanced button at the bottom left corner - on the General tab
> there should be an option selected called "Repeat report item..." and
> beneath it is a drop-down - select the table you wish the object to
> repoeat with in each page and you should be in business. If your table
> is named Table1 - then select Table1.
> Let us know how it turns out.
>|||The textbox will only repeat each time the table repeats - so if it's
one table spanning multiple pages then you may be SOL with option 2.
How is the header formatted in such a way that it cannot be displayed
in a table header? Unfortunately I think you are going to have to put
that header in the table if you want to see it repeat across multiple
pages - if option 2 didnt work.|||It seems that if the table itself repeats then the text box will repeat
- but since it is a single table spanning mulitple pages that it will
not repeat. What is special about the header that it can't be placed in
the table itself? Because it seems at this point that you will have to
go with option A (header in the table) if you want this to work.|||Option 2 was a great suggestion but your right, it's not working because of
what you said.
Option 1 will have to do. I will need to change the format of the header so
that it works and looks nice. I hope the client says it's ok.
Thank you for being so patient and persistant with my questions/posts. I
really appreciate it!
Take care,
Yosh
"papaboom" <smith.jamie@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The textbox will only repeat each time the table repeats - so if it's
> one table spanning multiple pages then you may be SOL with option 2.
> How is the header formatted in such a way that it cannot be displayed
> in a table header? Unfortunately I think you are going to have to put
> that header in the table if you want to see it repeat across multiple
> pages - if option 2 didnt work.
>|||I believe part of the problem is the original "report" was done in Excel. I
come from the Crystal Report side of development where I could put data
fields pretty much anywhere using "free-form" placement.
I am not used to inserting column after column and merging cells to get a
very wide data field to look right in a table? That make sense?
Learning curve I guess. =0}
"papaboom" <smith.jamie@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> It seems that if the table itself repeats then the text box will repeat
> - but since it is a single table spanning mulitple pages that it will
> not repeat. What is special about the header that it can't be placed in
> the table itself? Because it seems at this point that you will have to
> go with option A (header in the table) if you want this to work.
>|||Absolutely - I come from Crystal Reports side also. I have just started
with this Reporting Services stuff about a month ago. The learning
curve can be steep here. All I can say is get ready for some more pain.
This table header business you will find to be the least of your
problems.|||Hey... Thanks Papaboom! =0}
Reporting Services makes me appreciate Crystal alot more. However, I do see
how powerful Reporting Services can become. I am very excited about the ease
of use.
Maybe you can answer this question. I have a page footer that has 1 textbox
with today's date. When I export the report, the page footer is left out.
It's not exported.
I don't know why this is happening.
Thanks so much!
Y
"papaboom" <smith.jamie@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Absolutely - I come from Crystal Reports side also. I have just started
> with this Reporting Services stuff about a month ago. The learning
> curve can be steep here. All I can say is get ready for some more pain.
> This table header business you will find to be the least of your
> problems.
>|||Sorry Yosh - on this one I havent the slightest. The most I've done
with exporting is export a couple of reports to PDF.