Functions of the Report Designer 
Use
The BEx Report Designer is the reporting tool for the BI suite that is used to create reports that are optimized for presentation and printing.
Integration
The Report Designer can be called as follows:
● As a standalone desktop application.
● From the context menu or the Report Design (REPORT) parameter of the Report Web item in the Web Application Designer.
Features
In addition to the menu bar and application toolbar, the BEx Report Designer consists of five screen areas:
● Design area
The most important area of the Report Designer is the design area, where you design the layout of your report and format it whereby the report is schematically displayed.
A report usually comprises the following elements:
○ Page header
○ Report body
○ Page footer
Page header and footer (if there are any) are repeated on every page of the report.
The report body is comprised of static and/or dynamic sections. See also Static and Dynamic Sections in Reports.
In the context menu of the design area, you can use various functions to design your report.
● Field catalog
The field catalog lists all query fields and text elements for a query or query view that is being used, along with free texts created by the user. For more information, see Field Catalog.
● Report structure
In the report structure, the report is displayed with the associated group levels and row patterns. For more information, see Report Structure.
● Format catalog
The format catalog provides an overview of the formats used in the report. For more information, see Format Catalog.
● Properties
In the properties area, you set the properties of the individual report elements (rows or cells). This allows you to determine the format and position of text fields, for example. For more information, see Properties
All the functions required for creating, formatting and designing your report are in the menu bar and toolbar of the Report Designer. See also, Functions of the Menu Bar in the Report Designer.