6.1 Creating a Report

Before creating a new report, you will need to choose one of two layout types, flow layout or tabular layout. Tabular layout is best suited to reports that have rectangular partitions to keep the contents organized. Flow layout is often used for brochure-like reports with multiple columns or fixed panels.

For more information on meta-templates, see Meta-Templates in Report Design.

If your new report is going to be one of a series of similar reports with common features, you may want to first create a “meta-template,” and use the meta-template to create the new report. Otherwise, you can just create a stand-alone report, as you will do in the following example.

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