1. Reports
Report builder meets the challenge by making it easy to design, publish, and distribute
professional, production-quality reports in a variety of formats to meet any business need
A Developer/2000 report is made up of objects, the building blocks that define the
various parts of the report. Some objects, like fields, are visible in the report and others, like
queries, work behind the scenes.
Two models
data model: defines the data retrieved
layout model: defines the style of the report
Data model:
queries: Queries select the data from a standard data source such as Oracle, DB2
using SQL SELECT or PL/SQL statements.
columns: represent the columns in the data source that are selected by the query.
Groups: organize the data into sets and hierarchies. By default, one group is created
for each query in the report.
Parameters: are variables, such as the printer name, to which users can assign values
when the report is run.
Data model links: are used to define a master/detail(parent-child) relationship between the
data of two queries.

2. Building a simple report
Step 1: use the report wizard:
Step 2: Choose the report style

3. Building a simple report contd.
Step 3: create a query
Step 4: Select table(s) and column(s)
Step 5: select the columns for display

4. Building a simple report contd.
Step 6: select summary fields (if any)
Step 7: choose a template

5. Building a simple report contd.
Step 8: Run the report
Step 9: Include date and page number