Create a new visual report
Follow these steps to create a new visual report:
- Select Query--> Run to run a
query and obtain query results.
- Select Results--> Display Report from
either the main menu or a context menu.
The Report Wizard opens.
- Select Create a new report from the Report Wizard Type
page. Select Create a visual report from the Report Wizard
New Report page.
- Since this is a new visual report you must specify how the report
will be generated. You can select Generated based on the current query to
generate the report based on the way the query results currently
are formatted or you can select Default to generate the
report based on a very basic set of default formatting options.
The Visual report window opens.
- When the visual report opens, the Report menu becomes
available. You can use the Report menu commands to help
you in designing the visual report.
- Using the Report--> Insert command
select an element to insert in a section of the report. Assign properties
to the element.
- When you have completed creating the visual report, you can:
- print the report
- change or update the data source
- export the report
- save the report
