BEx Report Designer is the Business Explorer reporting tool. It is used to create reports optimized for presentation and printing.
Report Designer can be called as follows:
In addition to the menu bar and application toolbar, BEx Report Designer also has five screen areas:
The most important area in Report Designer is the design area, where you design and format your report. The report is displayed schematically.
A report normally has the following elements:
If they are set, the page header and footer are repeated on every page of the report.
The report body contains static and/or dynamic sections. More information: Static and Dynamic Sections in Reports .
The design area context menu provides various functions that can be used when designing reports.
The field catalog lists all query fields and text elements for a query or query view, as well as any free texts created by the user. More information: Field Catalog .
The report structure displays the report with the associated group levels and row patterns. More information: Report Structure .
The format catalog provides an overview of the formats used in the report. More information: Format Catalog .
In the properties area, you set the properties of the individual report elements (rows or cells). This allows you to set the format and position of text fields. More information: Properties
You can find all the functions required for creating, formatting and designing your report in the Report Designer menu bar and toolbar. More information: Functions in the Web Application Designer Toolbar .