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Report Overview and Output

As with all other types of reports, before Report Builder generates a report, you must create the report definition. There are five basic steps to follow to create a report definition:

  1. Create the initial report layout.
  2. Access and order the data.
  3. Define new fields.
  4. Design the report layout.
  5. Preview and save the report definition.

When you follow these basic steps, you will produce the report shown in Figure 1–11.

The Green Bar Report report definition in the Tutorial.prl report library creates this report. However, you should perform the tasks in this chapter to learn how to create them for yourself.

To create this report, you must:

The Green Bar Report Sample definition is the completed report definition for this chapter.


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