>i have a balance table with fields: empno, effectdate, vl, sl
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>i have a report with columns from jan to june, 2 columns for vl and sl under each month..
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>effectdate in balance table are dates from jan-jun (mm/yyyy).
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>any idea on how can i create a report with this kind of layout?

I'm not sure I understood:)

Under each vl,sl column create the same expression (empno ? vl-sl?). In 'print when' of them enter something like :

month(effectdate=1) && For vl-sl under Jan column

Cetin