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Print Direction property

The Print Direction property specifies the direction in which successive instances of the repeating frame appear.
 

Applies to

Repeating frames

Values

 

Across

Each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed to the right of the previous instance across the logical page.

Across/Down

Each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed to the right of the previous instance until an entire instance cannot fit between the previous instance and the right margin of the logical page. At that time, Reports Builder prints the instance below the left-most instance on the logical page, provided there is enough vertical space left on the logical page for the instance to print completely.

Down

Each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed below the previous instance down the logical page.

Down/Across

Each instance of the repeating frame subsequent to the first instance is printed below the previous instance until an entire instance cannot fit inside the bottom margin of the logical page. At that time, Reports Builder prints the instance to the right of the topmost instance on the logical page, provided there is enough horizontal space left on the logical page for the instance to print completely.

Default

Down

Required/Optional

Required

Restrictions

If a nested repeating frame has a Print Direction of Across and its enclosing repeating frame has a Print Direction of Down, the across repeating frame can cause overflow when it is too wide for the current page. The next instance of the outer, down repeating frame will not print until the previous instances of the across repeating frame completes. Note: If you wanted A3 on page 1 to be aligned with the overflow of A3 on page 2, you could use Column Mode.

In the diagram below, notice that there are too many instances of B in A3 to fit on the first logical page. As a result, A3 overflows onto the second logical page and A4 can begin only after A3 completes.

graphic depicting situation described above

Matrix dimension repeating frames whose source groups are in the same "family" hierarchy (that is, are descendants or ancestors of each other) within a cross-product group must have the same Print Direction. Parent-child relationships within a cross-product group are used to create nesting in the matrix. As a result, the repeating frames associated with such groups must print in the same direction on the page.

Example

Suppose that you have a repeating frame with Print Direction of Across/Down. Instances of the repeating frame print from left to right and then top to bottom.

graphic depicting layout described above

resulting report output described above

If, however, there was an object (for example, a graphic) on a page that prevented two instances of the repeating frame going across the page, the repeating frame instances would only print down the page. Where there is room to print more than one instance across the page, the repeating frame instances begin printing across and then down.

resulting report output described above

resulting report output described above

See also

About matrix reports