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    <p>You indicate </p> <blockquote> <p>I tried to mimic this example I couldn't do so</p> </blockquote> <p>so presumably you missed a step someplace. There is DevShare <a href="http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/designing-birt-reports/321-birt-multiple-master-pages/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BIRT: Multiple Master Pages</a> and supporting blog entry <a href="http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/blog/10/entry-20-birt-multiple-master-pages-with-no-scripting/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BIRT: Multiple Master Pages with no scripting</a> that should lead you through the process.</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong> <em>Based on the clarification</em>. </p> <p>Modifying an existing report in BIRT (particularly the freeware version) using the 'Layout' editor may not always be correctly updated in the XML. The XML is the actual foundation for the report. Recreating the report from scratch and only using the example as a guide should solve the problem you indicate. </p> <p>When you (or your client) is not completely sure what the report is going to be in the end, versioning provides a safe method for "un-doing", because in that version it never really got done. I always save a version (and document in report description) before trying something new. </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UWYM7.jpg" alt="Version"></p>
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    1. COFirst of all, I apologize if my memory fails me, I asked this question quite a long time ago. So long in fact that I have switched jobs and therefore no longer use BIRT. That being said I do recall what I meant and I can see I was unclear so I after this comment I will edit and re-explain things correctly. I first wrote in the previous line "I can download this example and run it fine." So I had no problem getting the example to work as it was. Now, when I say "mimic" I mean I modified the example (used a database source of my own) and that's when the heading failed to change correctly.
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    2. COI understand you to say you tried to modify the example you downloaded rather then create from scratch. This is a great way to lean how things are put together, but not so good for making functioning reports in BIRT. Like many applications BIRT uses a GUI to create an XML file, where the XML file is the actual 'program' and what you see on the GUI is just a representation of the XML. When you drag, drop and modify; the XML is not always correctly updated. BIRT being an open source (freeware) product this occurs more then you would expect to occur in a paid tool. (cont)
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    3. CO(continued) Recreating from a save point or from scratch is how I generally recover from these events, though occasionally where it is a binding error to something I deleted or renamed I will just go into the XML and make the change. When trying something new, I always do a "save as" before heading off in an untried direction.
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