Clearing Template

When append or footer data is intermittently missing from the report, Monarch Classic will copy down information from the previous instance of the append or copy up information from the previous instance of the footer template, which may not be the desired behavior.

By default, append and footer template field values are cleared only at the end of a report file. If a template traps data you don’t want, you may want to clear its field values each time an instance of another template is encountered.

To use the Clearing Template, select Clearing Template from the Report Design ribbon and pick a template from the list of templates in the drop-down box:

 

For example, if you want an append or footer template to only apply to the closest detail record, it should be cleared by the detail template.