The Report Designer Window
Window Elements
Each section in the work area is represented with a title bar and a work area just beneath it that controls what appears in that area of the report. There are properties associated with the title bar and with any objects that you insert into the work area.
The work area is divided into three sections:
- The detail area of the layout is where all the data retrieved into a report is displayed. If you add fields to a report in the Change Report window, the layout is updated with. You can adjust the properties if you want in the Report Designer window.
- headers, including the report header, the page header and group headers.
- the detail area, being the body of a report.
- footers, including group footers, page footers and a report footer.
Note: it is the Footers that display the sub totals and totals within a report.
Note: Each section in the work area is represented with a title bar and a work area just beneath it that controls what appears in that area of the report. There are properties associated with the title bar and with any objects that you insert into the work area.