Overview of Using Group Breaks

Each report section can be divided by one or more group breaks. Each group break is based on a category or hierarchy level. It groups the data for each distinct value of that category or hierarchy level. Group breaks are applicable when your report uses data items selected from a data source.
These features, discussed here, are options when you are creating a group break:
  • You can include one or more measure values with each group break level.
  • You can sort each level in ascending or descending order.
  • If you select a page break to go with each group break, then the report displays a list of group break values in the Table of Contents panel for navigation.
The following advanced group break features are discussed in other parts of this documentation:
  • You can link group break values to a report or to a Web page. For more information, see Creating a Link for a Group Break.
  • Reports with group breaks can be distributed to targeted recipients based on the breaks. For example, you have a sales report with group breaks on regions. Each sales manager in the recipient list could receive information about his or her respective region only.