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A columnar report is a type of layout with a fixed number of columns, with data flowing left to right and down. For example, a 3-column columnar report will flow like this: COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 ---------------------------------- DataRow1 DataRow2 DataRow3 DataRow4 DataRow5 DataRow6 DataRow7 ... I have attached PDF version of a sample report that demonstrates a typical use case. The outer table is grouped by Country, and the inner list shows customers and their phone numbers in column form. This type of report is currently doable in BIRT, but it requires the designer to jump through hoops to do it. We need a more elegant solution. Please look into this enhancement in conjunction with BUG 133282. Perhaps there can be a unified solution for both.
Created attachment 104065 [details] Sample report
Also see Bug 133218.
Do we need to add a new report item type to support this?
Attach report could be implmented using List + fix-width grid + in-line block optio of the frid. Might want to add the block option to the layout editor to make this feature more visible.
