Using Actuate BIRT Viewers : Organizing data in a report : Organizing data in groups : How to group data
 
How to group data
Select the column that contains the values to group. From the context menu choose GroupAdd Group.
If the column you selected contains string or numeric data, Interactive Viewer groups the data by each unique value in the column. If the column you selected contains date‑and‑time data, additional grouping options appear.