The Report Explorer displays the report structure in a hierarchical view, enabling easy access to select report elements and configure their properties.
To open the Report Explorer, first access the properties panel by clicking the Properties
icon.
Now, click the highlighted Report Explorer
icon. The Report Explorer popup list will open as shown below.
In the Report Explorer popup list, the report structure is displayed hierarchically. Each report element is denoted by its name and type. In the image below, the image icon and the tag (Image)
represent the type of the report item. Logo_Image
is the name of the report item.
The search option can be used to find a particular report element in the Report Explorer popup list. When you search for a specific report element name, the results are displayed in a parent-child hierarchical manner.
If no matches are found, a No matches found
message will be displayed in the Report Explorer popup list.
Selecting a report section (Report, Header, Body, Footer) or a report item in the Report Explorer displays its properties in the Properties panel.
To close the Report Explorer popup list, simply click outside its popup list area.