## Creating a report

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

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

- Standard Banded Report
  A report containing a vertical banded object.
- Table Report
  A report containing a table.
- Chart Report
  A report containing a chart.
- Crosstab Report
  A report containing a crosstab.
- Horizontal Banded Report
  A report containing a horizontal banded object.
- Mailing Label Report
  A report containing a banded object, which is in the form of a mailing label layout.
- Tabular Report
  A report with a tabular which partitions the report page into several parts.
- Blank Report
  A report with a blank vertical banded object in it.

The following topics explain in detail about how to create a report 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