In this chapter, we have looked a simple report methodology and the process behind designing reports and then moved on to actually creating a report using one of the experts that ships with the product. We also had a brief look at some report design concepts and the Report Designer itself, before moving to some more advanced report design topics and finally finishing up with a short overview on optimization.
In summary, this chapter covered:
Planning your report design
Creating a report using an Expert
Working with the report design environment
Report design basics
Advanced report design techniques
Optimizing report performance
With a little bit of basic report design under our belt, we are ready to move to the next chapter, which deals with integrating reports into Windows-based applications.