To create a new report, do one of the following:- Click the New button in the Reports Explorer toolbar and choose the desired report type from the Reports Types dialog.
- Choose New Report from the File menu; this also displays the Reports Types dialog.
- Right-click anywhere in the Reports Explorer and choose New Report from the shortcut menu to display the Reports Types dialog.
- Press the Insert key; this also displays the Reports Types dialog.
- Click the down arrow to the right of the New button in the toolbar and choose the desired report type from the menu that appears.
Five types of reports are available:
- Quick report: a "row and column" style report. This is the most common type of report in Stonefield Query.
- Cross-tabulation report: a cross-tabulation (or "cross-tab") report, which is similar to PivotTables in Microsoft Excel and is used for data analysis.
- Label report: use for mailing or other types of labels.
- Chart report: creates charts from your data, including bar and pie charts.
- External report: a report created in another application added to the Reports Explorer so you can easily run it.