A subreport will work. It sounds like you are linking the subreport on your groupfield, so remove that link, and then all records should appear. If you have parameters, you should also create the parameters in the subreport and then link on the parameters so that the sub and main report have the same selection formula. When linking the parameters, be sure to use the drop down in the subreport linking screen and choose {?yourparm} instead of the default {?pm-?yourparm} to link with the subreport parm.

Another approach would be to create an outer group that includes all records. Create a formula like:
"All"

...and then group on it and make it your outer group. Then drill down will be available. However, then detail records will still be clustered within your Group #2 field. You could make the grouping conditional, by grouping on a formula with a parameter:

If {?GroupBy}="No Group" then
"All" else
If {?GroupBy}="Group by Code" then
{table.procedurecode}

...but the report would then have to be run twice to see results each way, so the subreport route seems the best approach.

-LB

As an FYI my main report gets data via SQL in a Command. Four parameters are prompted for when the main report runs. The user is prompted for a begin date, begin date offset, end date and end date offset (begin date and end date parameters are drop downs with options like year-begin, year-end, month-begin, month--end, etc.) The user does not enter an actual date anywhere. The top of the Command populates date variables (calculated from the entered parameters) and those date variables are used in the actual SQL lower in the Command to return data from the database. This is standard for all reports.

When I select insert/sub-report I'm prompted to select a data provider. I choose Command but what am I supposed to put in here?
It won't let me put nothing so I put in "SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" to get past this screen and then from the Field Explorer I created parameters that matched the main report. But I have no fields to add to the sub-reports output. Makes sense as the command returns nothing. I was hoping the sub-report based upon some linkage existing might just make available the fields in the main report.
- Did the above but put the complete SQL and parameters from the main report in the sub-report. This worked but the sub-report is running the entire query a second time when I click on the sub-report link. I was wanting to avoid hitting the database twice.

Am I missing something from what you described?

Thanks

Save your existing report under a new name, by adding "sub" as a suffix (just so you can distinguish it). Then when you insert a subreport, choose "existing subreport" and select the newly renamed report. Then go into the Subreport linking expert and connect the parms so that you are not prompted twice. Proceed to link as I described earlier. You can also (if you wish), then remove the group within the subreport.

-LB

OK I added the sub-report from an external report file into the main report. Then I linked them and I didn't link on any of the ?Pm parameters I used my parameters as you stated. Each time I click on the sub-report link though it's hitting the database and running the same query as the main report did. Is that unavoidable or have I done something wrong?

I guess it doesn't matter but is this the only way to do this (didn't plan on having a second external sub-report file)? Is it not possible to have a sub-report embedded in a report accessing the same data as the main report?

Thanks

That's the best you can do with a subreport, since you are asking for the same data to be presented in two different ways.

A better solution is the one I mentioned earlier, only I realized I forgot something crucial. Create a formula:

Whilereadingrecords;
"Total"

Insert a group on this and then go into design mode and click on the new GH2 in the gray area to the left of the report and drag it so that it is now Group 1.

Next, go into the section expert and unselect "hide" for the detail section and instead go into details->suppress (don't check it)->x+2 and enter:

Drilldowngrouplevel=0

Then you will see all details if you double click on "Total" or just those in any group you click on.

Another approach would be to add a crosstab in the report footer that uses a unique id as the Row field and then the procedure code as a second id field (if you wish) and then the amount as the summary field.

-LB