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title: "Section Formatting"
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## Overview

The Section format tab contains a number of menus that you can use to format the report sections.

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Each of these sections is described below.

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<details>
<summary>Display</summary>

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Display** | Define the title of the section field. |
| **Format** | Each data type will have a unique set of format options – eg Text, Date or Numeric.<br>> See [Display Formats](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/user80/pages/1588321/Column+Formatting#ColumnFormatting-DisplayFormats) for details on each type. |
| **Sub Format** | Depending on the format option you have chosen for the column above you will have a separate set of sub format options. Select the appropriate sub format option. |
| **Section Style** | Select from three available section display styles:<br>- **Single Page:** displays all sections on one page.
- **Multiple Page:** displays each section on a separate page. This is particularly useful if you have a lot of data to display on a single report.
- **Tabbed:** displays each section on a separate tab. This is a visually clear and easy to navigate way of splitting your report.  
 **Note:** only the top section field has the Tabbed option available. |
| **Show Labels** | Display or hide the field name label for each section, before the section value. |
</details>

<details>
<summary>Style</summary>

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Display Style** | Define the formatting style for each section heading.<br>- **Body Title** - Use the standard report title formatting for each section.
- **Table Header** - Use the same formatting used in the table header, joining the section details to the top of each table.
- **Custom** - Apply custom font formatting to the selected section. |
| **Font Style** | When the Custom display style is selected, define the formatting to be applied. This covers the font face, font size, font colour, and font style. |
| **Background Colour** | When the Custom display style is selected, define the background colour for the section heading. |
| **Alignment** | Define the alignment for the section heading. |
</details>

<details>
<summary>Summary</summary>

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Section Summary** | Define the field to be used as a section summary table at the top of the report.  
 **<span style="color: #cc0000">Note:</span>** this is not available for cross tab reports. |
| **Section Total** | Display totals for each section. |
| **Show Labels** | Display a field name label for the sections, before the section value. |
| **Grand Totals** | Display grand totals for this section. |
</details>

<details>
<summary>Sort</summary>

| **Option** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Sort Direction** | Define the sort direction, ascending or descending, for the section values. |
</details>

 

> See [Sections](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/user80/pages/1581013) for more information.