Using Page Breaks to Separate Sections in Finished Reports

Page breaks control where report content starts or ends on a new page.

They are useful when grouped or sectioned report content should be separated for printing, exporting, or easier reading.

Why Use Page Breaks?

Page breaks can help organize Finished Reports by forcing selected report sections to begin or end on a new page.

For example, if a report is grouped by client, you can configure each client section to begin on a new page.

Use page breaks selectively. Too many page breaks can make a report unnecessarily long.

Available Page Break Options

Finished Reports provides several page break options:

• None — No page break is applied.
• Before the Band — Starts a new page before the selected band.
• Before the Band, Except for the First Entry — Starts a new page before each occurrence of the band except the first.
• After the Band — Starts a new page after the selected band.
• After the Band, Except for the Last Entry — Starts a new page after each occurrence of the band except the last.

Where Page Breaks Are Configured

Page breaks are configured on report bands in the Finished Reports Designer.

Select the band where the break should occur, then open the band’s task menu to configure the page break behavior.

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Step 1: Open the Finished Reports Designer

Run the View and open the Finished Reports Designer.

Step 2: Select the Target Band

Select the band where you want to apply the page break.

For example, select a Group Header when each group should begin on a new page.

Step 3: Open Band Tasks

Open the band’s task menu using the gear icon.

Step 4: Choose a Page Break Option

Select the page break behavior you want to use.

In this example, select:

Before the Band, Except for the First Entry

This allows the first group to begin normally and starts each additional group on a new page.

Step 5: Preview the Report

Select Preview and review the report.

Confirm that:

• Each section starts or ends on the expected page
• No unnecessary blank pages are created
• Grouped content remains organized as expected

Step 6: Save the Report

After confirming the page break behavior, save the Finished Report.

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