Building a tabular report Building a mailing label report Building a form letter report Building a mastermaster report Building a summary report

Visual Index 3-1 3 Visual Index This chapter provides an overview of the example reports in this manual. For information on accessing the demo reports and the data sources, refer to Accessing the Example Reports and Accessing the Data Sources . The chapter lists the example reports contained in this manual, a brief description of each report, a pointer to the location of the steps to build the example, and an image of the sample output.

3.1 Part 1: Building Basic Reports

This part of the manual introduces and explains the basic steps on how you can build reports.

3.1.1 Building a tabular report

In this example, you will use the Report Wizard to build a simple tabular report. Figure 3–1 Final output of the tabular report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 5, Building a Tabular Report .

3.1.2 Building a mailing label report

In this example, you will use the Report Wizard to build a simple mailing label report. The steps will show you how to fill out the provided template to format your mailing labels. 3-2 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports Figure 3–2 Final output of the mailing label report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 6, Building a Mailing Label Report .

3.1.3 Building a form letter report

In this example, you will use the Report Wizard to build a simple form letter report. The steps will show you how to fill out the provided template to design your form letter. Figure 3–3 Final output of the form letter example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 7, Building a Form Letter Report .

3.1.4 Building a mastermaster report

In this example, you will learn how to build a mastermaster report, which displays at least two sets of data which are not directly related. That is, the records constituting the data are fetched using at least two separate queries. A mastermaster report also called a parentparent report contains two or more queries with no links parentchild relationships. Figure 3–4 Final output of the first mastermaster report example Visual Index 3-3 Figure 3–5 Final output of the second mastermaster report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 8, Building a MasterMaster Report .

3.1.5 Building a summary report

In this example, you will learn how to use the Summary Column tool to create a summary report. A summary report contains at least one column whose value or values consist of a summary of other data. A column that totals sales, a column that averages a list of commissions, and a column that shows the maximum amounts found in a series of purchase orders are all examples of summary columns. Figure 3–6 Final output of the summary report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 9, Building a Summary Report .

3.2 Part 2: Building Group Reports