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Advanced Reporting II
In Chapter 9, you learned how to create a report, add filters, group reports, and apply formatting, among other things. In this chapter, you will learn about some advanced features, including the variety of query types available, setting variables, and adding HTML items in reports. You will also learn how to create drill-through access, use advanced prompting, select ancestors, and create a table of contents (including entries for particular data items and bookmarks) to make navigating through reports and data easier for the user.
The No Data Contents option displays a message for the user when a report does not have data to display. The Master Detail Relationships option allows you to link separate data containers ...

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