Report Builder | Subreports exercise | Subreport of films for each director

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Software ==> Report Builder  (42 exercises)
Version ==> RB 3 or RB 2016
Topic ==> Subreports  (1 exercise)
Level ==> Average difficulty
Course ==> Report Builder
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Create a main report/subreport combination to show the films for each director, saving the reports as Main one and Subbie respectively:

Report Builder 3.0 exercise - Subreports (image 1)

The start of your main report could look like this

Now try creating a link from the main report so that when you click on a director, you see his or her films in a separate report (you can link to your Subbie report), using an action:

Report Builder 3.0 exercise - Subreports (image 2)

When you click on any director's name, you should see a list of their films in a separate report

Save the main report as Clickable directors.

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