# Nested Blocks

> Build master-detail reports with nested merge blocks: nested JSON and objects, DataSets with relations, templates created with ChildBlocks and empty levels.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Mail Merge and Reporting > Nested Blocks
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [How Nested Blocks Work](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#how-nested-blocks-work)
- [Shape Nested Data](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#shape-nested-data)
- [Create a Nested Template in Code](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#create-a-nested-template-in-code)
- [Read the Block Hierarchy of a Template](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#read-the-block-hierarchy-of-a-template)
- [Merge Nested Business Objects](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#merge-nested-business-objects)
- [Merge a DataSet With Relations](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#merge-a-dataset-with-relations)
- [Repeat Table Headers per Block](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#repeat-table-headers-per-block)
- [Handle Levels Without Data](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#handle-levels-without-data)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/mail-merge/nested-blocks/#next-steps)

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