Report Structure

This is a screen area in Report Designer.

The report structure provides a hierarchical display of the report with all visible and hidden components. The report structure has a context menu like in the design area. Unlike the design area though, where you cannot select objects like group levels, you can select and edit objects of this type in the report structure.

Depending on the structure of a report, the following elements can be part of the hierarchical display.

• Page header and/or page footer

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

• Report section without data connection

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

• Report section with data connection

  The static and dynamic report sections are displayed in 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 figure shows a section of the report structure with a dynamic report section connected with data.