User`s guide

2.2 Report Creation Wizards
The tutorials in this section show you how to build a report from scratch. As a complement or an
alternative, however, you may want to use the Report Creation Wizards available on the Start Page.
There are four Report Creation Wizards:
• Standard
• Cross-Tab
• Mailing Label
• OLAP
Each wizard guides you through the creation of a report by providing a series of screens. Many of the
wizards have screens unique to a specific type of report. For example, the Mailing Labels Report
Creation Wizard has a screen that allows you to specify the type of mailing label you want to use.
Note:
After you've clicked the Finish button in a Report Creation Wizard, you can click the Stop button on the
Navigation Tools toolbar if you don't want the program to gather all the data from your data source.
This is useful if you want to make adjustments to the report layout that the wizard created.
2.2.1 Standard
The Standard Report Creation Wizard is the most generic of the wizards. It guides you through choosing
a data source and linking database tables. It also helps you add fields and specify the grouping,
summarization (totals), and sorting criteria you want to use. Finally, the Standard Report Creation
Wizard leads you through chart creation and record selection.
The Templates screen contains predefined layouts for you to apply to your report to give it more impact.
2.2.2 Cross-Tab
The Cross-Tab Report Creation Wizard guides you through the creation of a report in which your data
is displayed as a cross-tab object. Two special screens (Cross-Tab and Grid Style) help you create
and format the cross-tab itself.
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