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11-8 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports Figure 11–6 Group above report output with monetary values formatted

11.6 Summary

Congratulations You have successfully created the two-query, group report. You now know how to: ■ create queries with a data link between them in the Data Model view. ■ layout the data with the Report Wizard. ■ format a field in the Paper Design view. For more information on any of the wizards, views, or properties used in this example, refer to the Oracle Reports online Help, which is available in Oracle Reports Builder or hosted on the Oracle Technology Network OTN, as described in Section 4.1.1, Using the Oracle Reports online Help . Building an Across Group Report 12-1 12 Building an Across Group Report In this chapter, you will learn about across group reports. By following the steps in this chapter, you can generate the report output shown in Figure 12–1 . Figure 12–1 Across group report output Concepts ■ Reports Builder enables you to modify the look of your report in multiple ways. In this example, you will build an across group report that prints the values of a database column across the page instead of down. ■ In across reports with breaks, the master or break group prints top to bottom; that is, as it would in other masterdetail reports. However, the values in the detail group print across the page, from left to right. When there are more values than will fit on a line, Oracle Reports wraps the line and prints the remaining values across the page on the next line. Note, however, in the case of ENHANCEDSPREADSHEET output, the across group keeps repeating until it reaches the 75,000 rows limit. This is natural Excel behavior because Excel does not have a fixed page width, and Oracle Reports adapts ENHANCEDSPREADSHEET output to this Excel behavior. ■ For more information on break reports, refer to the Oracle Reports online Help. Data Relationships The break in this report is created through a data link between a master group and a detail query. Layout To create the layout used in this report, you will select the masterdetail style, then modify the Print Direction setting for one of the groups to ensure it prints across the page instead of down the page. Example Scenario As you build this example report, you will: