Report Structure 

Definition

Screen area of the Report Designer.

Use

The report structure hierarchically illustrates the report and all its visible and hidden components. As in the design area, the report structure also has a context menu with which you can work. In contrast to the design area, in which you cannot select objects such as group levels, you can select and edit these types of objects in the report structure.

Structure

Depending on the structure of a report, the following elements can be displayed hierarchically.

●     Page header and/or page footer

Static section with the associated row patterns and their cells, which can contain various fields such as free text or query fields.

●     Report section without data connection

Static section with the associated row patterns and their cells, which can contain various fields such as free text or query fields.

●     Report section with data connection

The static and dynamic report sections are displayed with a hierarchical structure. The name of the data provider with the associated row patterns is displayed for every group level (only for dynamic reports), along with the individual elements: every group level is listed in its structure with the associated header, detail and footer areas. Each area of a group level is displayed with the associated rows and their cells, which can also contain query fields and free text.

The following graphic illustrates a section of the report structure of a report with a dynamic report section that is connected with data.