Report Components

Each report has components that you can configure, as described in this table:

Report Components

Report Component	Description	Tool for Configuring
Data model	Defines the data source, data structure, and parameters for the report. Multiple reports can use the same data model. Each report has one data model.	Data model editor in the application.
Layout	Defines the presentation, formatting, and visualizations of the data. A report can have multiple layouts. There are different types of layout templates, for example Excel and RTF.	Depending on the template file type: XPT: Layout editor in the application RTF: Microsoft Word PDF: Adobe Acrobat Professional Excel: Microsoft Excel eText: Microsoft Word
Properties	Specifies formatting and other settings for the report.	Report editor in the application

Report Component

Description

Tool for Configuring

Data model

Defines the data source, data structure, and parameters for the report. Multiple reports can use the same data model. Each report has one data model.

Data model editor in the application.

Layout

Defines the presentation, formatting, and visualizations of the data. A report can have multiple layouts. There are different types of layout templates, for example Excel and RTF.

Depending on the template file type:

XPT: Layout editor in the application
RTF: Microsoft Word
PDF: Adobe Acrobat Professional
Excel: Microsoft Excel
eText: Microsoft Word

Properties

Specifies formatting and other settings for the report.

Report editor in the application

What You Can Create or Edit

Below are a few examples of creating or editing reports:

Edit the layout of a report. For example, add your company logo to the report output.
Add a new layout to a report. For example, design a new layout template that provides less detail than the existing template.
Edit a data model. For example, add two fields to the data model used by a report so you can add those new fields to a customer-defined layout for the report.
Create a new report based on a new data model. For example, create a new data model based on data from an external system, and create reports using the customer-defined data model.