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The guide explains concepts used to customize and develop new Siebel reports.

The first chapters of this guide cover installing the Siebel Reports Server using Actuate's e.Reporting Server and Siebel Report Server Access. The installation instructions cover the Microsoft Windows and the UNIX operating systems. The next chapter explains how the report encyclopedia is restructured to allow for better response time and performance of the Reports Server.

The next group of chapters, starting with Getting Started of this guide provides an overview of report implementation and describes the run-time and programming models.

The subsequent two chapters walk the reader through two different report implementation scenarios, from easiest to most comprehensive:

Making minor changes to library components that affect all reports
Creating a new report from scratch

The next group of chapters explains how to implement various advanced report design features:

Group reports
Master-detail reports
Using composite datastreams
Sorting records in memory for sorts on multi-value fields and many-to-many data
Incorporating graphics in reports

The next chapters of this guide focus on Smart Reports, a class of complex reports with special configuration issues, and parameterized reports.

Following the report implementation chapters, the next chapters describe features used for reporting in the Siebel Clients. Also covered in a separate chapter is information on the screens that users might use while using the Reports Server.

The last section of this guide includes appendices that provide reference information on specific libraries and methods. Also provided is reference information on the list of values used with Smart Reports.

NOTE:  This guide does not duplicate information presented in the documentation provided by Actuate Software Corporation. You need to be familiar with the material in Using e.Reports and Developing Advanced e.Reports manuals before using this guide. For more information about these and other Actuate manuals, see the Siebel eBusiness Third-Party Bookshelf under Actuate. You will also need Actuate e.Report Designer Professional, Siebel Tools, and at least one Siebel application installed on your computer to work through the examples. Also of interest is Designing e.Reports, which explains how to use Actuate e.Report Designer.

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