Creating a blank report

Assume that you have already opened a report set, to create a blank report within it:

1. Do either of the following to open the New Report dialog.
   • Click File > New > Report on the menu bar.
   • On the report tab bar, right-click the tab of an existing report in the report set and click Insert on the shortcut menu.
2. Specify the title of the report, select the Blank Report layout and click OK.
3. In the Choose Data dialog, specify the dataset on which the report will be built.
   • To build the report on a new dataset created from the catalog resources, check the New radio button, and then select the data source of the dataset. If the given resources are not what you want, click the <Add xxx...> item to create one. And if you choose to create the dataset from a query, you can click the Modify button to further modify the query according to your requirements.
   • To build the report on an existing dataset in the report set, check the Existing radio button, and then select the dataset as required (click the Modify button to modify the selected dataset if necessary). You can also click the <Add Dataset...> item to create one as required.
4. When done, click OK and a blank report will then be created. You can then insert the required objects into the report as described in the Components chapter.