I’m not exactly sure that I get what you’re asking. Can you describe the table structure and relations a little more? …What are the 4 tables, what fields are in them, how do they relate, and how do you want to display it.
I follow a training these last 2 days at Bochum in Germany with Maarten Berkenbosch and he explained me how to do it.
In fact to put the fields verically in a portal , you should change the portal properties : Select multiline and increase Row Height in order to see the fields that yo put vertically in place of horizontally.