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Group Properties
You can use the Group Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a group object. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.
Server displays this dialog box when you right-click the group header or footer in a banded object and select Group.
This topic contains the following sections:
You see these elements on both tabs:
OK
Select to apply any changes you made here and exit the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help
Select to view information about the dialog box.
General Tab Properties
Specify the general properties of the group object.
Expand Detail Data
Select true to expand the detailed records in the group level.
Keep Group Together
Select true to try to keep a group wholly in a report page (try not to make a group across two pages).
Repeat While Group Footer
Select true to repeat the group header if a page break occurs on the group footer when you set the group header to be repeated.
Shrink Footer
Select true to shrink the group footer when you shrink detailed records in the group level.
Special Function
Specify a special function for the group level to group. This property is available only when the group field is of the Date/Time type.
Select Type
Specify the type for the Select N condition:
- ALL
Select to retrieve all groups. - TOP_N
Select to display the first N groups of the group level. Here N is the integer you type in the Select N text box. - BOTTOM_N
Select to display the last N groups of the group level. N is the integer you type in the Select N text box.
Select N
When Select Type is not ALL, you can type an integer in the Select N text box, to indicate the number of groups you want to display.
Sort
Select a sort direction for the groups of the group level.
Back to topOthers Tab Properties
You can use this tab to view and configure some miscellaneous settings.
TOC Anchor
Select true if you want to add the object to the TOC tree in the TOC Browser.