There are 8 types of report bands that can be defined in a report:
| • | Page Header - Your report can contain only one page header. This report band is printed at the top of the output on each generated report page. |
| • | Report Header - Your report can contain only one report header. This report band is printed at the top of the output on only the first generated report page. |
| • | Sorting Band - You can have multiple Sorting Band details on a report. A sorting band may contain it's own header, footer and/or additional breaks. A sorting band is the mechanism for SORTING a report. |
| • | Group Header - This band is printed at the top of each page when the group break value has changed. |
| • | Detail - You can have multiple DETAIL bands in a report. A detail band is responsible for retrieving database information required for the report and printing the data onto the report. |
| • | Group Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of each page when the group break value has changed. |
| • | Report Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of the last generated page in the report. |
| • | Page Footer - This band is printed at the bottom of each page in the generated report. |