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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 1–9.

To perform the tasks in this chapter, you must:


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