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DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Working with Documents, Charts, and Reports
If you are certain about the data required for a subreport, you can define a new subreport while adding it to the main
report.
Add a new subreport
Define or open your main report.
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Click the Subreport icon in the toolbox.
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3
Drag an area for the subreport in the report band.
Select As A New Report and click Next.
4
Click Query Builder.
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Select the tables and columns for the subreport.
Specify a WHERE clause for the report by using the Condition and Criteria columns for the key columns.
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Specify a WHERE for Condition and either
column) for Criteria, and then overtype
define the input parameter name later in the procedure.)
Click Save, and then click Next.
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Specify grouping fields, if appropriate for your subreport, and click Next.
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Specify Free Form or Grid, and click Next.
Specify Only Detail Band, and click Next.
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Specify a color scheme, and click Next.
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Specify headings, as appropriate, and click Next.
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For each parameter required by the subreport, specify the following:
• Parameter name.
• Associated value from the main report (select from the pop-up menu).
• Data type.
Click Next.
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Specify a fully qualified filename for the subreport, and then click Next.
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Click Finish.
Report Builder adds the subreport to the main report. Report Builder lets you change subreport name and modify
subreport parameters in a main report.
Modify subreport settings
1
Click the subreport element in the main report.
2
To change the subreport, modify Subreport Expression.
To modify subreport parameters:
3
Click the Subreport Parameters property.
a
b
Click the ... button.
Add, modify, or delete subreport parameters, and click OK.
c
(string column) or
='#CFVariable#'
with the name of the input parameter for the subreport (you
CFVariable
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(numeric
=#CFVariable#
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