###### Group panel

The properties of a group panel in a banded object of a page report are:

Property Name | Description
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General
Class Type | Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Group By | Shows the group field that the object is based on. If null, the object is grouped based on the whole dataset. This property is read only.
Instance Name | Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Others
Current Block Index | The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to be displayed in continuous page mode. Current Block Index specifies the index of the data block that will be displayed. 0 means the first block index, and 1 the second, and so on. Data type: Integer
Expand Detail Data | Specifies whether to expand the groups to show the details when the report is opened in Page Report Studio. Only works in continuous page mode. Data type: Boolean
Items per Block | The two properties, Current Block Index and Items per Block, work together to control the data of the object to be displayed in continuous page mode. Item per Block specifies the number of records in each data block. Data type: Integer
Shrink Footer | Specifies whether to hide the group footer panel when collapsing a group in Page Report Studio. Only works in continuous page mode. Data type: Boolean
Group Layout
Keep Group Together | Specifies whether to keep the whole group together. Data type: Boolean
Repeat While Group Footer | If the group header is set to be repeated, you can specify whether to repeat the group header when a page break occurs on the group footer. Data type: Boolean
TOC
Anchor Display Value | Specifies a string or formula to display for the TOC entry for this object in the TOC Browser. By default it is the value of the specified object. The TOC Anchor property must be set to true for this property to take effect. Data type: String
TOC Anchor | Specifies whether to include the object in the TOC Browser for the report. Data type: Boolean
Security
Cascade | Specifies whether to allow the security identifiers specified by the following three properties to view the group's detail or child groups. true - The detail panel, the group header panel, and the group footer panel will be displayed. false - Only the group header and footer panels will be displayed. Data type: Boolean
Grant | Enables to set cached report bursting. The property accepts user names delimited by "|" as the value. You can specify which group of data can be viewed by which user. Data type: String
Groups | Enables to set cached report bursting. The property accepts group names delimited by "|" as the value. You can specify which group of data can be viewed by which group of users. Data type: String
Roles | Enables to set cached report bursting. The property accepts role names delimited by "|" as the value. You can specify which group of data can be viewed by which role. Data type: String

The following topics list properties of the children of a group panel:

- Group header panel
- Detail panel
- Group footer panel