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About the Paper Design view

The Report Editor's Paper Design view is a work area in which you can preview your paper report and manipulate the actual, or live, data at the same time.   In the Paper Design view, you can customize reports interactively, meaning that you can see the results immediately as you make each change.

To edit your report, such as changing column size,   the Paper Design view must be in Flex mode.

Access

The Paper Design view is displayed whenever you run a report. To run a report from the Object Navigator or any editor, click the Run Paper Layout button in the toolbar or choose Programright arrowRun Paper Layout.   To run a report from the Report Wizard, click Finish.  

You can also display the Paper Design view in these ways:

Note: In the Object Navigator, there is no Paper Design node; this view is displayed only after running a report.

Usage notes

To speed the execution of your report, avoid "fetching ahead" when sending report output to the Paper Design view.   The following items can result in fetching ahead when referenced before the data on which they rely:

Matrix (cross-product) groups also cause fetching ahead. In order to cross-tabulate the data, Reports Builder must first fetch all of the data.

It should be noted that while these items slow down the Paper Design view, they do not affect performance when writing to a file or some other destination.

Note:   A column can cause fetching ahead even if it is not displayed. For example, a grand total may not appear in the report output, but since it is in the report, fetching ahead may still occur when Reports Builder calculates it.

See also

Paper Design view (context-sensitive help topic)

About the Data Model view

About the Paper Layout view

About the Paper Parameter Form view

About the Web Source view

Displaying report output in the Paper Design view

About the tool palette and toolbar