Can't get field to show up on first line.

The section of code is below. I added the textfield (lines 8-12) for $F{client} but it won't show up on the report. I know that it has a value because if I switch the CDATE[Detail Analysis] and $F{client} sections, the client value shows up on the report but the Detail Analysis literal does not.

<title>
<band height="100">
<staticText>
<reportElement style="titleStyle" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="30"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Top"/>
<text><![CDATA[Detail Analysis]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
<reportElement style="titleStyle" x="200" y="0" width="200" height="30"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Top"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{client}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<staticText>
<reportElement style="labelStyle" x="0" y="30" width="100" height="15"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left"/>
<text><![CDATA[Reporter:]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
<reportElement style="normalStyle" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="100" y="30" width="300" height="15"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$P{reporter}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<staticText>
<reportElement style="labelStyle" x="0" y="45" width="100" height="15"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left"/>
<text><![CDATA[Billing Month:]]></text>
</staticText>
<textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
<reportElement style="normalStyle" x="100" y="45" width="134" height="12"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{billing_period_selected}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
<textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
<reportElement x="0" y="80" width="173" height="20"/>
<textElement/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$P{message_when_void}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</band>
</title>

 

I've made a little more progress. The following code is now showing up the client field on the report. This report is Excel. I need to be able to tell the report to "Merge" the three adjacent cells so that the entire client name can be seen (without expanding the column)

<textField>
<reportElement style="titleStyle" x="400" y="0" width="1000" height="30"/>
<textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Top"/>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{client}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>