Datasheet

Part I: Getting Started
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User Interaction and Dynamic Reporting
There are many opportunities to use report features that provide a rich user experience. In the past,
many reports were nothing more than a list of values with totals. Now reports can be a starting point
that can guide users to the information they need to make decisions. Report elements such as text labels,
column headers, and chart points can be used to navigate to different report sections and to new reports.
Since navigation links may be data - driven and dynamically created based on program logic, report links
(see Figure 1 - 4 ) may also be used to navigate into business applications. Imagine using your reports to
launch programs and to navigate to document libraries and online content!
Figure 1 - 4
Dynamic reporting means that the content and layout of a report can change as the user selects
parameter values or clicks different items. Summary headers (shown in Figure 1 - 5 ) may be used to
expand and collapse detail sections, giving users the ability to drill down to more specific information.
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