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h2. Overview
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The Section format tab contains a number of menus that you can use to format the report sections.  Each of these menus is
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Each h2. Section Selection
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Using the Report format menu and selecting the 'Section' tab you will be able to apply formatting and summaries for each section that you have in your report.
Navigate to the Section tab and if you have multiple sections in your report select the section you wish to format from the field drop down list.
 
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h2h3. Display
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The display drop down option allows you to manage the options associated with how the section will be displayed on the report such as format.
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|*Display Name*|To changeDefine the display nametitle of the section from the default value simply update this field.|
|*Format*|Each data type will have a unique set of format options - e.g.eg Text, Date or Numeric.  
bq. See [Display Formats|Column FormattingFormatting#Display Formats] for more information.|
|*Chart Title*|If you have charts on your section report there will be a separate chart fordetails on each section.  To use the section name as the chart title check this item.type.|
|*ShowSub LabelsFormat*|IfDepending you wish to suppress on the labelsformat ofoption theyou sectionhave uncheckchosen thisfor option and the column above nameyou will behave removeda butseparate theset sectionof valuesub will continue to be displayed. {color:#CC0000}*Note:*{color} this option is not available ifformat options. Select the Sectionappropriate Stylesub is set to Tabbedformat option.|
|*Section Style*|*Select *Singlefrom Page*three -available Viewsection thedisplay report, and its sections, on a single page.
styles:
* *Section PerSingle Page:* -displays Yellowfin allows you to break your report into multiple pages.  This is particularly useful if you have a lot of data to display on a single report. 
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If you wish to have a page break per section select 'Multiple Page' as the Section Style and the report will have multiple pages - one for each distinct section value.
Section breaks are not only used for web display but are also used when exporting for example to a PDF fileall sections on one page.
* *Multiple Page:* displays each section on a separate page.
* *Tabbed:* -displays Youeach can also choose to break your report into tabs. This is a visually clear and easy to navigate way of splitting your report.
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To set up tabs on your report select 'Tabbed' as the Section Style.|


h2. Style
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The Style drop down option allows you to change the style to be applied to the section.  You can use default header, table title or custom settings for the section label format.  Use the alignment options to change the alignment.
section on a separate tab.
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|*Show Labels*|Display or hide the field name label for each section, before the section value.|
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|*Display Style*|SelectDefine the display formatting tostyle applyfor toeach thesection sectionheading.|
|*Font Style*|When *Bodythe Title*Custom -display Usestyle theis standardselected, reportdefine titlethe formatting forto eachbe sectionapplied. * *Table Header* - Use the same formatting used in the table header, joining the section details to the top of each table.
* *Custom* - Apply custom font formatting to the selected sectionThis covers the font face, font size, font colour, and font style.|
|*Background Colour*|When the Custom display style is selected, define the background colour for the section heading.|
|*Alignment*|SelectDefine the fromalignment Left,for Centre,the orsection Rightheading.|
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The Section Summary drop down allows you to apply various summaries to your section.  

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|*Section Summary*|To create a summary table atDefine the topfield ofto yourbe reportused it is possible to add in as a section summary. table This willat summarise the metrictop columns which have been totalled and have a link on the section name to take you to the specific section within the report.
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|*Section Total*|SectionDisplay totals canfor be applied to any numeric value. When a section is added to the report an option to have the totals displayed for all numeric values is available.
To activate this option select the Section total option from your drop down menu.  Your metric columns must already have a summary enabled.each section.|
|*Show Labels*|Display thea labelsfield withname sectionlabel summaries. {color:#C00000}*Note:*{color} this option is only available when the Section Total option is selectedfor the sections, before the section value.|
|*Grand Totals*|ADisplay grand totaltotals canfor alsothis be displayed at the end of the report. This will sum all the sections into one total. To active this function you need to select the Grand total option in the summary drop down.|section.|
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|*Sort Direction*|Define the sort direction, ascending or descending, for the section values.|
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bq. See [SummariesSections] for more information.


h2.
Sort
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|*Direction*|Select to sort the sections Ascending or Descending.|
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