Blank Report

The blank report option allows you to start from scratch in designing the content and look of your report. Think of this option as a blank slate where you will make all decisions about the placement of various regions of the final report.

lank reports are initially composed of three regions: Page Heading, Detail and Page Footer. Each of these regions consists of a single line, and there are no fields on the design. This allows for the decisions about the composition and content of the report to be made at the most rudimentary level.

arting your report design with a blank report is most useful when the scope of the report is to be simple and when you want to make all formatting decisions at each step of the design process.

lank designs, as the name implies, allow you complete control over the content and layout of your report. No aspect of the report is formatted for you by the Report Wizard.

o create a blank report:

• Select File > New from the main menu.
• Select Blank Report and click Next.
• Select an information category and click Finish.
• The Report Design window is opened, displaying the main regions.
• Drag data fields into the regions of the report until the report contains all the data elements.
• If additional regions are needed, select Insert > Region from the main menu.