1 Basic Concepts

This chapter introduces the fundamental concepts of the 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) component of Oracle Reports. Each topic in this chapter is also included in the Basic Concepts section of the Oracle Reports online Help (see Section 4.1.1, "Using the Oracle Reports online Help").

Topics are grouped into the following sections:

• Section 1.1, "Oracle Reports Builder"

• Section 1.2, "Reports"

• Section 1.3, "Report Styles"

• Section 1.4, "Wizards"

• Section 1.5, "The Object Navigator"

• Section 1.6, "The Report Editor"

• Section 1.7, "Data Model Objects"

• Section 1.8, "Layout Objects"

• Section 1.9, "Parameter Form Objects"

• Section 1.10, "The Property Inspector"

• Section 1.11, "Runtime Views"

• Section 1.12, "Oracle Reports Components"