cognos list in a table by section how do I stop data break across page - cognos

Question

enter image description hereCognos Report 11, I have a list inside of a table. The list is sectioned by two data items. How do I prevent the list to break across the page.
I want it to break the page when it finds the end of the page and the current section.
Invoice
List inside of a Table

Answer 1

I think you have placed items in your page header and page footer that belong in the section header and section footer.
Here is a report spec that demonstrates this.
You didn't specify which version of Cognos you are using. You may need to fiddle with the version numbers on the first line of this to make it work in your system.
<report xmlns="http://developer.cognos.com/schemas/report/15.5/" useStyleVersion="11.6" expressionLocale="en-us">
<drillBehavior/>
<layouts>
<layout>
<reportPages>
<pageSet name="Page set1" refQuery="Query1">
<detailPages>
<page name="Page1" refQuery="Query1">
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="pg"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<pageBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="pb"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<list showColumnTitles="hide" refQuery="Query1" name="List2">
<listColumns>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<contents/>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<contents>
<list horizontalPagination="true" name="List1" refQuery="Query1">
<noDataHandler>
<contents>
<block>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue>No Data Available</staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
<style>
<CSS value="padding:16px;"/>
</style>
</block>
</contents>
</noDataHandler>
<style>
<CSS value="border-collapse:collapse"/>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="ls"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<listColumns>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lt"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="City"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lc"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="City"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lt"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="Product line"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lc"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="Product line"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lt"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="Last name"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lc"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="Last name"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lt"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="First name"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lc"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="First name"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
<listColumn>
<listColumnTitle>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lt"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="Revenue"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnTitle>
<listColumnBody>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="lm"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="Revenue"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
</listColumns>
<sortList>
<sortItem refDataItem="City"/>
<sortItem refDataItem="Product line"/>
<sortItem refDataItem="Last name"/>
<sortItem refDataItem="First name"/>
</sortList>
</list>
</contents>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="sb"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
</listColumnBody>
</listColumn>
</listColumns>
<style>
<CSS value="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%"/>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="sc"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
<listGroups>
<listGroup refDataItem="Country">
<listHeader>
<listRows>
<listRow>
<rowCells>
<rowCell>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemLabel refDataItem="Country"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue>: </staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="Country"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue> header</staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="sh"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
</rowCell>
</rowCells>
</listRow>
</listRows>
</listHeader>
<listFooter>
<listRows>
<listRow>
<rowCells>
<rowCell>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<dataItemValue refDataItem="Country"/>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue> footer</staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
<style>
<defaultStyles>
<defaultStyle refStyle="of"/>
</defaultStyles>
</style>
</rowCell>
</rowCells>
</listRow>
</listRows>
</listFooter>
<sortList>
<sortItem refDataItem="Country"/>
</sortList>
</listGroup>
</listGroups>
<sectionsFrame sectionedEdge="columns" refFrame="List1"/>
<masterDetailLinks>
<masterDetailLink>
<masterContext>
<dataItemContext refDataItem="Country"/>
</masterContext>
<detailContext>
<dataItemContext refDataItem="Country"/>
</detailContext>
</masterDetailLink>
</masterDetailLinks>
</list>
</contents>
</pageBody>
<pageHeader>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue>page header</staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</pageHeader>
<pageFooter>
<contents>
<textItem>
<dataSource>
<staticValue>page footer</staticValue>
</dataSource>
</textItem>
</contents>
</pageFooter>
<masterDetailLinks>
<masterDetailLink>
<masterContext>
<dataItemContext refDataItem="Country"/>
</masterContext>
<detailContext>
<dataItemContext refDataItem="Country"/>
</detailContext>
</masterDetailLink>
</masterDetailLinks>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_legacyDrillDown" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</page>
</detailPages>
<pageGroups>
<pageGroup refDataItem="Country">
<sortList>
<sortItem refDataItem="Country"/>
</sortList>
</pageGroup>
</pageGroups>
</pageSet>
</reportPages>
</layout>
</layouts>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_CreateExtendedDataItems" value="true"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="listSeparator" value=","/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="decimalSeparator" value="."/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_modelModificationTime" value="2015-11-25T21:38:24.820Z"/>
</XMLAttributes>
<queries>
<query name="Query1">
<source>
<model/>
</source>
<selection>
<dataItem aggregate="total" name="Revenue">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Sales].[Revenue]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="2"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="2"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
<dataItem aggregate="none" rollupAggregate="none" name="Country">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Branch].[Country]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="3"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
<dataItem aggregate="none" rollupAggregate="none" name="City">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Branch].[City]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="3"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
<dataItem aggregate="none" rollupAggregate="none" name="Last name">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Sales staff].[Last name]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="3"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
<dataItem aggregate="none" rollupAggregate="none" name="First name">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Sales staff].[First name]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="3"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
<dataItem aggregate="none" rollupAggregate="none" name="Product line">
<expression>[Sales (query)].[Products].[Product line]</expression>
<XMLAttributes>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataType" value="3"/>
<XMLAttribute output="no" name="RS_dataUsage" value="0"/>
</XMLAttributes>
</dataItem>
</selection>
</query>
</queries>
<modelPath>/content/folder[#name=&apos;Samples&apos;]/folder[#name=&apos;Models&apos;]/package[#name=&apos;GO sales (query)&apos;]/model[#name=&apos;model&apos;]</modelPath>
</report>