Choose report elements

After placing a container on a report page, add the report elements that hold the data and determine how the report looks.

Data View

Icons at the top of the Data View specify the type of object created when you drag and drop a data value. See Adding fields from the Data View.

Tool Box view

Choose elements in the Tool Box depending on what you want to display.

Table 1. Tool Box elements

To display	Use
Single line of text	Word Box
Multiple lines of text	Word Wrap Box
Text with formatting that cannot be achieved with a Word Box or Word Wrap Box	Paragraph and Paragraph Text
HTML document	HTML Box
PDF document	PDF Box
Image	Image Box
Numeric data	Decimal Format Box
Date	Date Format Box
Page break	Break
Page numbers on each page	Page Number Box
Standard table	Table
Pivot table	Pivot table
Graph with one set of values	Map chart
Graph with two sets of values mapped against each other	Category chart
Graph with an XY plot	XY chart
Values such as "Total from previous pages" or "Totals until this point"	An Info Node and a Reference Box See Print a value from the previous page.
Bar code	Bar Code Box