Building a report using a preprinted form Building an invoice report Building a ranking report Building a report with a simple table of contents and index

3-18 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports Figure 3–29 Final output of the check printing report with spelled-out cash amounts For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 31, Building a Check Printing Report with Spelled-Out Cash Amounts .

3.5.5 Building a report using a preprinted form

In this chapter, you will learn formatting techniques for printing reports on preprinted forms when you do not have access to a computer readable version of the forms. Such reports must be designed so that the data prints in exact positions on the form. Figure 3–30 Final output of the preprinted forms example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 32, Building a Report Using a Preprinted Form .

3.5.6 Building an invoice report

In this example, you will build a report that displays several distinguishing characteristics of a typical invoice, such as customer name and address, sales order number, billing information, and billing totals. Visual Index 3-19 Figure 3–31 Final output of the invoice report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 33, Building an Invoice Report .

3.5.7 Building a ranking report

In this example, you will build a report that ranks data in two different ways: by count and by percentage. The upper portion displays the names and the total purchases of the top three customers; the lower portion displays the names and total purchases of those customers who constitute 75 of all sales. You can set the ranking criteria at runtime, or let them default to previously specified values. Figure 3–32 Final output of the ranking report example For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 34, Building a Ranking Report . 3-20 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports

3.5.8 Building a report with a simple table of contents and index

This example is designed to teach you how to add navigational items to a large paper report. You will learn how to create a group above report, then add a simple table of contents to the beginning of your report, which will enable users to find an item by its category. You will also learn how to create an index so users can directly find a specific piece of information. Figure 3–33 Simple table of contents Note: Generating a table of contents or index is not supported for matrix reports. Visual Index 3-21 Figure 3–34 Index For more details on building this example, refer to Chapter 35, Building a Paper Report with a Simple Table of Contents and Index .

3.5.9 Building a report with a multilevel table of contents