Section Processing
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne report sections include headers, footers, and detail sections. Detail sections can be columnar, group, or tabular. Detail report sections can be considered mini reports or batch processes, with each section using its own business view. Because other sections in the report can contain different business views, you must add data sequencing and data selection to each section using RDA.
Some report sections are dependent on other sections of the report. Dependent sections provide supporting information and do not necessarily make sense on their own. Other report sections are independent and address the business purpose of the report.
Independent sections are also referred to as level-one sections, and they include these types:
Group
Columnar
Tabular
Level-one sections can also be parent sections.
Dependent sections are called from a level-one section. Dependent sections are also referred to as level-two sections, and they can contain:
Level break headers.
Level break footers.
Total sections (used in non-tabular reports).
Subsections.
Customized content.
The order in which the sections appear in the RDA workspace is not necessarily the order in which the system processes them. This diagram illustrates how the batch engine processes sections within a report:
