1. Report Design Aid Guide
  2. Understanding Detail Sections

Understanding Detail Sections

Detail sections refer to report sections that present data to meet the business requirement. Detail sections are typically populated using a business view, which links the report section to the data in the database. After you select a business view for the detail section, you can select individual fields from that business view to include in the section layout. Other types of fields can be included in the section layout and populated using event rules.

In RDA, the Director guides you through the steps of creating a report template. Initially, the Director allows you to include only one detail section in the report template. However, after you complete the initial design of the report template, you can add additional detail sections to the report.

Types of detail sections include:

  • Columnar

  • Group

  • Tabular

Note: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne supports Arabic and the right-to-left display preferences for the Microsoft Windows client, web client, and batch applications. However, when designing a report, you must design it from left to right. When you generate the report by printing it or generating a PDF, it displays information right to left, including the alignment of text and numeric strings. The system displays strings that contain a mixture of Arabic and non-Arabic characters in accordance with generally accepted bidirectional standards.

In RDA, you can create as many group, columnar, and tabular sections in a report template as required. To add one of these detail sections to an existing report template, open the report template in RDA and select the appropriate section type from the Section menu. The Director guides you through the steps of creating the new detail section.

The system automatically launches the Director when you select a section type from the menu. You can quit the Director if you prefer to design the detail section manually. Begin the detail section design by attaching a business view. Then select individual columns from that business view to include in the section layout. The options to manually design the section reside on the Section menu in the order that they are used by the Director.