## Creating report tabs in a page report

Before you can create report tabs, you first have to create a page report or open an existing page report.

JReport provides you with eight report layouts as follows, which are designed for serving different reporting requirements:

- Standard Banded Report
  A report tab containing a vertical banded object.
- Table Report
  A report tab containing a table.
- Chart Report
  A report tab containing a chart.
- Crosstab Report
  A report tab containing a crosstab.
- Horizontal Banded Report
  A report tab containing a horizontal banded object.
- Mailing Label Report
  A report tab containing a banded object, which is in the form of a mailing label layout.
- Tabular Report
  A report tab with a tabular which partitions the report page into several parts.
- Blank Report
  A report tab with nothing in it.

The following topics explain in detail about how to create a report tab in a specific layout:

- Creating a banded report
- Creating a table report
- Creating a chart report
- Creating a crosstab report
- Creating a tabular report
- Creating a blank report