Creating+a+Report

Reports are very useful for referring to information provided in a database without looking at numerous tables. They contain either more or less information, depending on how it was created, than tables. Reports arrange and present the data in an organized fashion as a summary or a detailed log and will help users make useful business decisions. When creating a report, you may group records by any criteria you desire. There are four main types of reports:

If you observe this report, you will notice that each row is a record and each column is a field.
 * __Tabular Report:__**


 * __Columnar Report:__** similar to a form when you print it out. All the fields for each record are together. I could not find a picture of a columnar report to give you an example, however we already experienced access as we did the homework exercise.


 * __Justified Report:__** The field names appear above the fields for each record


 * Mailing label report:** records are ready to be printed on a sheet of labels. They arranged in blocks on the page.

**__There are several ways of creating a report:__**
__You go to the create tab>Reports>Report. You will notice that a tabular report has been created from the selected objects and it will open in layout view.__ OR __you can go to the create tab>Reports>Blank Report. If you choose this method you will notice that a blank report has been created and you may drag fields from a list. This will be in Layout view as well.__ OR __you can click Create>Repots>REport Wizard. The report wizard gives you step by step instructions to create a report.

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