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    3 tier linked report?

    Can linked report work for three tiers?
    It works well for two tiers, but when I add a child report to a child report, and run the parent report, only the child report (but not the grandchild) is displayed.
    Any idea why and how to solve it?

    #2
    Re: 3 tier linked report?

    1. Have you tried sub reports?
    2. Can you create a set where the grandchild becomes a child as well? EG: Would mean grand child needs a parent link ID.
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    Mark Pearson
    [email protected]
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      #3
      Re: 3 tier linked report?

      1. Regarding linked report, I thought it was a good way to go until I found that it cannot handle 3 tiers. (unless someone show me otherwise)

      2. I did try sub-report and use them inside the Group Detail section, The data of the sub-report will show up, but they do not appear side-by-side as I wanted (even though I laid out the sub-reports side-by-side).

      3. I did make the grandchild to have attributes (fields) from it parent and grandparent and link them with these two fields, but the linked report still would only show two tiers. (i.e. either parent to child, or child to grandchild). That is, if I run the parent report, I see the child report only (no grandchild report), if I run the child report itself, then I see the grandchild report

      Basically, I want a 3 tier relationship and I want to show the repeating data (of the grandchild) side by side (to make a compact report, thus saving paper and reducing weight). So far, I am still struggling. It should not be that hard

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        #4
        Re: 3 tier linked report?

        Originally posted by Delta Force View Post

        2. I did try sub-report and use them inside the Group Detail section, The data of the sub-report will show up, but they do not appear side-by-side as I wanted (even though I laid out the sub-reports side-by-side).
        This should work as expected.

        Please post an example... Too many things to discuss without an example.
        Al Buchholz
        Bookwood Systems, LTD
        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

        Occam's Razor - KISS
        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
        Albert Einstein

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          #5
          Re: 3 tier linked report?

          I found that the sub-report seemed to work well for two tiers, but when I use them as the 3rd tier (grandchild) inside a Group Detail section, then it acted strange.
          I will run some examples and show you when ready. Thanks!

          BTW, do you have any clue why the linked report behave as they did? (only show two tiers)

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            #6
            Re: 3 tier linked report?

            Unless there is something amiss in your relationship links, this should work. In yous examples can you send a screen dump of the set structure as well. I take it you have a parent table with many children who each may have many grandkids.
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            Mark Pearson
            [email protected]
            Youtube channel
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              #7
              Re: 3 tier linked report?

              Dataset:
              set.jpg

              Report design: (Has 2 groups, sub-reports are aligned side-by-side)
              design.jpg

              Preview: (group 1 header is good with good sub-report placement, group 2 header is good, details is not good -- sub-report is staggered, not side-by-side))
              Preview.jpg

              Never mind, amazingly, I solve this problem myself. The magic lies on the sub-report property "Allow Shrinking". Once I set it, the report works as expected.
              Thank you all for your effort to try to help!!
              Last edited by Delta Force; 12-04-2012, 07:28 PM. Reason: Problem solved.

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                #8
                Re: 3 tier linked report?

                Originally posted by Delta Force View Post
                Dataset:
                [ATTACH=CONFIG]34028[/ATTACH]

                Report design: (Has 2 groups, sub-reports are aligned side-by-side)
                [ATTACH=CONFIG]34029[/ATTACH]

                Preview: (group 1 header is good with good sub-report placement, group 2 header is good, details is not good -- sub-report is staggered, not side-by-side))
                [ATTACH=CONFIG]34030[/ATTACH]
                Need to see the sub report properties - how is the subreport filtered - or an example of the report, tables, and sets...

                Pictures are much better than text. actual examples are priceless.
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

                http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                  #9
                  Re: 3 tier linked report?

                  Hi Al,

                  please see the update I posted. I solved the problem by checking the "allow to shrink" property inside the sub-reports. All working as expected now.
                  I'll go get myself a While Choc Mocha to celebrate

                  Thanks!

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                    #10
                    Re: 3 tier linked report?

                    For the record, my joy is short lived. The inclusion of a sub-report at the header section caused the data in the sub-report in the detail section to repeat. Not happy.

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                      #11
                      Re: 3 tier linked report?

                      Could you please send a screen shot of where to find the "allow to shrink" property.
                      I have found many different places with "shrinkable", "size to fit" etc...
                      For the life of me I cannot get the linked report to show.

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