What are the types of layouts in reports?

There are 8 default layout style provided.

A.    Tabular - It is the most basic type of report where each column corresponds to a column selected from the database.

B.    Form-like - It is a report one record per page. The field value is placed to the field labels.

C.    Mailing Label - A mailing label report prints mailing labels in multiple column on each page. The printing can be a landscape or a portrait.

D.   Form Letter - A Form letter report contains database values embedded into any text that is entered or imported into the report editor.

E.    Group Left - A group left report divides the rows of a table into sets, based on a common value in one of the columns. This style is used to restrict a column from repeating the same value several times while values of related columns change.

F.    Group Above - A group above report contains two or more groups of data. For every value of the master group, the related values of the detail group(s) are fetched from the database.

G.   Matrix - A matrix (cross tab) report contain one row of tables, one column of labels and information in a grid format that is related to the row and column labels. A distinguished feature of matrix report is that the number of columns is not known until the data is fetched from the database. To create a matrix report, at least four groups are required. One group must be a cross-product group, two of the groups must be within the cross-product group to furnish the labels, and at least one group must provide the information to fill the cells. The groups can provide to a single query or to multiple queries.

H.    Matrix with Group: A matrix with group report is a group above report with a separate matrix for each value of the master group.