Inserting a New Sub-Report

On the Intellicus Desktop Studio screen, open the main report in which a new sub-report is to be inserted and designed.

1. Click Insert > Sub-Reports. The cursor changes to a cross (+) symbol.Figure 1: Inserting Sub-Report

2. Click the layout pane and drag your mouse to mark an area to create a sub-report frame.Figure 2: Edit Sub-Reports

3. Right click on the sub report frame and select Edit SubReport option. The Create a new Sub-report from screen appears.Figure 3: Creating Sub-Reports

4. Select New Report radio button and click Ok. The Sub-Report Wizard screen appears on which you can open a blank report to design a sub-report or you can use the wizard to design a sub-report.

5. Start designing the new sub-report by using the simple and complex controls in a similar way you designed the main report. For more information on how to design a report, refer to Desktop Studio – Beginner’s Guide.

6. Click Save to save the sub-report.

7. Click Close button to return to main report.
   
   

   Note: A sub-report may need to use parameters of main report. If that is the case, create a new sub-report using wizard. This way you can use parameters of main report in sub-report also.

8. To edit the sub report, right click on the sub-report frame and click Edit SubReport.Figure 4: Editing Sub-Reports

9. Edit the sub-report as per requirement and save the report.