Characteristics of Columnar Sections

The columnar section format consists of column headings with rows of data under the headings. Each row is considered a record.

Each field that you add to a columnar section, includes a column heading and a column variable. The column heading describes the data. The column variable is the data that varies by record.

Due to the format of the columnar section, the column headings cannot be disconnected from their associated variables. If either the column heading or column variable is deleted, the other is also deleted.

This example shows the format of a columnar section:

You can include multiple columnar sections in a report.

You can include level break headers and level break footers in columnar section reports. The level break header appears above the column headings in columnar section reports. The level break footer displays totals and other aggregates and appears after the columnar section.