Want to avoid a sub report

Question

Hello,
My report is grouped by Account, all fields are placed in the Group Footer section. The detail section id suppressed. I am showing narratives for accounts, and each account can have multiple narratives. Because I put narratives in the group footer section, onle one is shown. Whant can I do, besides a sub report, to show all narratives for accounts in the Account Group footer?
Please help.
Thank you,
Tanya.

Answer 1

hello,
you can use what is called a string running total.
steps:
1) create a new formula called Reset which reads
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar srt:= ""
2) put this reset formula in your group header
3) create a new formula called SRT which reads something like
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar srt:= srt + + ", "
4) put this srt formula in your details section
5) create a new formula called Display which reads
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar srt
6) put this display formula in your group footer
in step (3) you can substitute the + ", " piece for + chr(10) if you want each entry to start on a new line instead of being comma separated.
cheers,
jamie