Creating Report Layouts

There are two ways to create a new layout for a report. You can start from scratch, and manually place fields and text labels, set sorting and grouping and so on. Or, layouts can be auto-generated using the Report Wizard. By stepping through the six steps in the wizard, you can easily generate a layout that includes the relevant fields in a useful manner:

•	Step 1 - Choose Columns to Display in Your Report

•	Step 2 - Add Grouping Levels

•	Step 3 - Summary Options

•	Step 4 - Choose Report Layout

•	Step 5 - Choose Report Style

•	Step 6 - Enter a Report Title

For a full explanation of the creating new layouts, refer to Report Designer Tips and Tricks and the Report Designer User Guide (Developer Express), located in the folder where you installed the Report Manager.

To create a new report layout using the Wizard

1.	In the Edit Report Definition dialog box for the report, click the Layout tab.

For more information, see Editing Reports.

2.	Click Auto-generate a layout.

3.	Step through the wizard.

For more information, see Report Designer Tips and Tricks and the Report Designer User Guide (Developer Express), located in the folder where you installed the Report Manager.

4.	Once you have completed the wizard, click OK to close the Report Definition dialog box.

To create a new report layout from scratch

1.	In the Edit Report Definition dialog box for the report, click the Layout tab.

For more information, see Editing Reports.

2.	Click Design a new layout using the layout designer.

For details on using the features of the Report designer, see Report Designer Tips and Tricks and the Report Designer User Guide (Developer Express), located in the folder where you installed the Report Manager.

3.

Click OK.