Numbering Pages in an Advanced Report
You need the Advanced Reporting permission to number the pages in an Advanced Report if the report is lengthy.
- Click Reports in the Navigation Toolbar, and click the Reports link in the menu.
- In theReport Browse screen, locate the Advanced Report that needs the page numbers, and double-click the report record.Tip:
An advanced report is displayed under a Report Group: Advanced Report header. Expand/collapse a report group using the ^ and v icons.
- In the report layout screen, click Add Page Number in the toolbar to display a blank field in the Page Footer section of the screen.
- Click the blank field to display its properties in the Properties section:
- Scroll down to Expression in the Name column, and verify there is a $V{Page_Number} variable in its Value field.
- (Optional) Use the other properties to format the display of the page number field.
- (Optional) Move the numbering to the report header by selecting Page Header in the Value list for the Section field.
- (Optional) Hover over the borders of the text field and use the arrow icons to resize the field.
- (Optional) Hover over the field until the arrow icon displays. Click the icon, and then drag-and-drop the field to a different location in the section.Tip:
Click in the Expression field and enter Page in front of the $V{Page_Number} variable to add the word Page to the numbering.
- Click Save.
- (Optional) Generate the report.
Tip:
Remove a page numbering field by right-clicking the field to display the Delete button, and then click the button. Remove a Group By section or a sub-group from the report layout by clicking its x icon.
