The Group By option determines if the report is grouped and displays sub-totals for that group. When set to the None option, sub totals by group are not displayed.
Group By options differ by report where the Group By option is available. For example, the Customer Activity Report has only one Group By option - Contacts. The Inventory Sales History Report may be grouped by: Department, Category, Location, or Vendor.
Note: Since Keystroke can track up to four Vendors per Inventory Item, depending on the report being run, and what other report options are selected, some items my be printed more than once if the report is grouped by Vendor; possibly resulting in inflated Grand Totals at the end of the report.
Report Editor Note: If the Group By report option is set to None before editing a Report, when opening the report form using the Report Editor, the section of the Report that is affected by the Group By setting displays fields for the first available grouping. This allows the Report Editor to display the section properly. If not displayed in this manner, only field numbers would be displayed (such as: [4,1]), since there is not a way to determine which field list to use. Using the first available grouping lets the Report Editor display actual field names: (such as: [DPT:Code]). This is display technique is restricted to just the display in the Report Editor and does not affect the way the report is actually printed.
See:
Report Manager - Group By Screen
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