Once a report’s availability and access is set up, you can organize the content and display of the report itself. The editing space includes these main areas:

Left: Items toolbar

A visual drag and drop style interface.

Top: Editing toolbar

Basic cut, copy, paste, delete and zoom actions, including:

• Design tab … displays the report body, with its main elements.
• Preview tab … provides a quick preview of the report.

Report body workspace

Where to design, edit and preview the content of the report.

Bottom: Availability and access … 

• Choose Preview Target
• Schedule Reports (calendar icon) … see Report Scheduling and Subscription
• Edit Options … To review/manage the report name, access, category, cluster, tags, notes, and availability.
• Save As Draft / Publish

Right: Report data and structure … 

• Properties … From the drop down, select an item to view its properties. The range of properties can include (but is not limited to):
  • Report Tasks
  • Appearance
  • Behavior
  • Data
  • Design
  • Navigation
  • Page Settings
  • Printing
• Expressions … From the drop down, select an item; you can then access the Expression Editor (to manage visible, bookmark or tag attributes), or Appearance attributes (such as color, borders, etc).
• Field List … This is where to manage parameters and data source(s).
• Report Explorer … This displays items and styles used in the report structure.

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Version(s): GideonSoft 2024 Release 3 and later