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Report Designer Dialog Box

Specifies the report layout.

Standard Controls

Lists the available objects that you can add to your report.

Report Explorer

Shows the structure of a report in a tree form, providing easy access to report elements. Select an element to change its settings using the Property Grid.

Property Grid

Specifies the settings of the currently-selected report element.

Field List

Serves the following purposes:

  • Displays the list of all available data fields (attributes you can show in your report) and allows you to create report elements that will show information from these fields.
  • Allows you to create calculated fields by building expressions based on the values of data fields, report parameter values, and so on.
  • Shows existing report parameters and allows you to add parameters to the report.
Group and Sort

Applies grouping and sorting to report data.

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