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Create iReport Templates with Subreports

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===Sub-Report===__NOEDITSECTION__
<p>Sub-report is reports within a report; thus, providing a way to generate a report that includes data on the target IMSMA Item as well as data on other IMSMA Items that are associated to the target IMSMA Item. Generally a sub-report is used in a situation where you have one or more sets of data relating to a single IMSMA item. A common use case would be a Location report with multiple details bands of different IMSMA items (Land, Activity, Accident, Victim, Education, and QM).</p>
<p>Regardless of what IMSMA data you’re including in your report and sub-reports, there are 6 basic steps to create a report with sub-reports:</p>
[[Image:iRepStep01.png|center|500px|''Step 1 – Create the Main Report'']]
====''Step 1 – Create the Main Report''====__NOEDITSECTION__
<p>Before creating the main report, you will need to determine what data to be included on your report. For example, if you are creating a report about Land with all the Progress Report data, then the target IMSMA item for your main report should be Land and the target data for your sub-report should be Activity assuming that Progress Reports are entered into the system as Activity. Below is a list of questions and things to be considered when designing a report.</p>
====''Step 2 – Add Sub-report to the Main report''====__NOEDITSECTION__
<p>A Sub-report is a report within a report. As mentioned earlier, a sub-report should be created with the IMSMA Item determined as the secondary data of the report. Below is the instructions to create a sub-report:</p>
[[Image:iRepStep03.png|center|500px|''Step 3 – Add Parameter to Sub-report'']]
====Step 3 – Add Parameter to Sub-report====__NOEDITSECTION__
<p>To connect a sub-report to the Main report, we need to create a parameter for passing the identification (guid) of the primary IMSMA Item between the sub-report and the main report. Below is the instructions to create the parameter you need for the sub-report:</p>
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