Banding

Banding allows you to color groups of rows or columns so that they form bands of data that are easy to locate and analyze. Banding can also make it easier to make sense of a very large report, because the large amounts of data are broken up into visual groups. If you need to keep track of values that mean different things in different columns (for example, dollars in one column and inventory quantities in another column), banding can help you avoid reading the wrong number.

Banding is a method of organizing or grouping data values in a grid report according to certain criteria. You can band rows or columns in several ways. You can band based on the number of rows or columns (for example, alternating color every 5 rows). You can also band data based on the row and column headers (for example, sorting the Units Sold column in order, then applying alternating colors to sets of values). For information on applying banding to a report, see the Basic Reporting Help.