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User’s Guide
Using the Instant Layout Option
The Instant Layout option creates a basic, usable report layout on which you build a report definition. The Instant Layout option allows you to specify the fields to include in the report, then automatically formats them on the report layout. It also provides a layout with five different types of band lines and some useful fields.
Figure 13–2 shows a report layout generated with the Instant Layout option.
Figure 13–2: Example of Instant Layout Results
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The Instant Layout option places fields you select from the master table on a record band line with column titles above each field on a page header band line. The Instant Layout also includes Report Builder text strings, calculated fields for date, time, page number, and number of records printed, as well as aggregate fields for the grand totals of numeric fields that have decimal places. For a complete description of the Instant Layout option, see Report Definitions and Report Libraries."
In many cases, you can use the Instant Layout as a starting point for creating your own custom layouts. However, you might prefer to develop reports from scratch each time you start Report Builder. Report Builder allows you to specify whether to provide the Instant Layout option for new reports and, if the Instant Layout option is provided, whether to let you select the fields to include.
You can also use Report
Instant Layout after you have started creating a report, for example, after creating joins or calculated fields. However, if you use the Instant Layout option after you have started placing fields on the layout, Report Builder replaces the layout you created with the one generated by the Instant Layout option.
The following sections describe how to perform both these tasks.
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