The articles in this section of the Knowledge Base involve working with the Sub Report component for display in your reports. To access the Report Designer, select Toolbox Setup > Design Reports > Design (Report Type) Report. Select New Report to design a report from scratch or New Report from Existing. Select Designer to open Report Designer.

From this screen, add a Sub Report component to your report, or edit an existing sub report component.

It is possible to display a report within the current report using the Sub Report component. When a report with Sub Report components is rendered, the report engine builds all the nested reports and place them within these components.

Sub Reports can be placed on:

1. Panels
   
2. Pages
   
3. Bands
   

A report to display in the rendered report using the Sub Report component can be obtained:

1. From a file (*.mdz, *.mdc, *.mrz, *.mrt)
   
2. From within the Report Designer, by designing the Sub Report on the added page.
   
3. By Hyperlink (*.mdz, *.mdc, *.mrz, *.mrt)
   
4. From Report Resources (*.mdz, *.mdc, *.mrz, *.mrt)
   

The Sub Report component can be placed within another Sub Report. This means the Sub Reports can be nested an unlimited number of times.