iReport Ultimate Guide - Nimsoft Library

iReport Ultimate GuideFigure 9-5classicC.jrxml reportThe Column Header band is hidden because this is a columnar report and the band is not useful, while in the Detail band thereare static text labels and textfields. Some elements (like the one in the title that shows the template name or the one in the pagefooter that shows the page number) are ignored by the wizard which will not modify them. As well, there are some labels andtextfields which contain a special keyword as text. These will be used by the wizard as templates to create new fields orpopulated with proper expressions to show specific data. Here are the rules to follow to specify how the wizard will work withthese elements.And here is the corresponding tabular report format.Figure 9-6classicT.jrxml report9.2 GroupsWe have said the wizard uses up to four groups. They are used in order from first last, respecting the group order defined in thereport. For example. if the user decides to group the data by COUNTRY, and this is the only group requested, the wizard willuse only Group1 (the one that is all black in the illustration 5). If the user decides to have to levels of group, let’s sayCOUNTRY and CITY, the wizard will use Group1 for the COUNTRY and the nested Group2 for the CITY.The group header and footer can contain any arbitrary element.142