2 Introduction
A report consists of report elements such as text, charts, and tables, arranged on the page according to your particular design. Style Studio's report design features allow you to fully specify the structure and aesthetics of a report. This complete report specification is called a report template, and is stored with the file extension “.srt,” which designates “Style Report Template.” The report template in general does not contain any data.
In order for report elements (tables, charts, etc.) to display data, you must bind these elements to a data source such as a query, data model, or Data Worksheet. When the user executes the report, report elements that possess data bindings are populated by the data returned by the associated data sources. You can also specify the contents of report elements dynamically at runtime by using script. For more information, see Report Scripting. The following sections explain both the report layout process, and the data binding procedure.
Style Studio provides a number of tools that allow you to design report data sources. The Data Modeling component allows you to specify data sources, and to design data models and queries. The Data Mashup tools allow you to create assets based on data models, queries, or database tables, that represent the results of more complex data operations.
Once you have finished laying out the report and set the component data bindings, you can deploy (publish) your template to the server.
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