Specifications

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Select empl_phone as the dataset and the phone_number field then click OK. The
phone_number field will be added to the band. Repeat the procedure to add the
phone_type to the same band.
Repeat this procedure (adding fields) for each band. Add text fields to each band by
selecting the “Adding a text field”. After adding all fields and titles to each band, the
report format appears as follows:
Figure 132 – The final report design with all four Sub_Detail bands
Note the four Sub-Detail bands beneath the detail band. Each Sub-Detail band contains
labels as well as fields from the empl_phone, empl_email, Emergency, and Dependents
datasets.
Obtaining tables from an external database
In this example, datasets were created from tables existing within the same database.
However, as mentioned earlier, tables from external databases can be utilized to create
datasets.
To access tables from an external database, after clicking the green plus sign to create a
dataset, the following dialog box appears:
Figure 133 – Dataset Properties – selecting another connection
Click “Connection:<default>” in the lower left of the dialog box to bring up the list of
available connections created by your MAPS Administrator.