There are 8 types of report bands, plus frames, that can be defined in a report:

1.        Page Header - Your report can contain only one page header. This report band is printed at the top of the output on each generated report page.

2.        Report Header - Your report can contain only one report header. This report band is printed at the top of the output on only the FIRST generated report page.

3.        Sorting Band - Your can have multiple Sorting Band details on a report. A sorting band may contain it's own header, footer and/or additional breaks. A sorting band is the mechanism for SORTING a report.

4.        Group Header - This band is printed at the top of each page when the group break value has changed.

5.        Detail - You can have multiple DETAIL bands in a report. A detail band is responsible for retrieving database information required for the report and printing the data onto the report.

6.        Group Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of each page when the group break value has changed.

7.        Report Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of the last generated page in the report.

8.   Page Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of each page in the generated report.

 

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