Generating reports to the Report Library via Report Designer
In our last chapter, we covered the process of creating row definitions, column definitions, and reporting trees. These building blocks are then combined together to create our final report through the use of the Report Definition, which we also covered in the last chapter. We did not, however, go through the final step of actually generating our report.
To generate a report, we need to have a report definition to which, at the very least, a row and column definition have been assigned. Depending on our reporting needs, we may also assign a reporting tree definition to our report definition. Once we've designated the specific building blocks to use with our report definition, we can then work our way through the various tabs on the report definition to control the final output of our report. For more information on these various tabs and the settings that can be controlled by them, refer to our section on Report Definitions in...