Introduction to Reports

An Oracle Reports enables creation of a variety of reports, like as a tabular report, form report, master or detail reports, mailing labels and nested matrix reports. Its main features involve:

•    Data model and layout editors in that the structure and format of the report can be created.
•    Object Navigator that permits navigation between in which data and layout objects   in the report.
•    Packaged functions for computations
•    Support for colors, fonts and graphics
•    Conditional printing capabilities
•    For viewing report output Fully-integrated Previewer.
•    A unique Non-procedural Approach of Oracle Reports helps concentrate design improvements instead of programming. That is easy-to use, fill in the form interface and powerful defaults make maintaining and developing even the most complex reports simple and fast.

•An Oracle Reports adheres to the native look-and –feel of the host environment. Therefore, it brings about Portability with Graphical User Interface Conformance. An Oracle Reports can be created on bit- mapped platforms with the guarantee of identical functionality and complete compatibility across all systems.

•An Oracle  Reports  can be  fully  integrated  with  Other Oracle  Products  like  as  Oracle Forms, Oracle Graphics and Oracle Mail. For instance, graphics and charts can be involved in a report and send output to other users through Oracle mail.

•Report’s open Architecture enables incorporating user defined routines written in C, COBOL and most other programming languages, as well as the powerful like PL/SQL language. Information can be presented exactly as per the report specification given.