The main task of report panel is Report Panel is primarily used to select a different report or template as current the currently displayed report. The reports are shown in a tree view in two different hierarchies:
- Reports by Menu: Reports are grouped by their menuMenu Group, this view only shows reports that appear in the menuMenus
- Reports by Template: Reports are grouped by their templateTemplate, this view will contain all reports
There is also a an Unpublished Reports Tabtab. This view contains all the reports that are not included in any of the menuMenus. For a user that belongs to a user group User Group which has only the Report Builder role, this tab is named "My Reports" and only includes reports authored by that user that are not included in any of the Menus.
Besides selecting a new current report, the report panel Report Panel can be used for other functionality like:
- Reports: 'Open', 'Copy', 'Rename', 'Place in Menu', 'About', 'Rename' and and 'Delete'
- Menu items: 'Rename'
- Standard Templates: 'Open', 'Create new report', 'Rename' and 'About'
- Free Format Templates: 'Open', 'Copy', 'Create new report', 'AboutEdit Template', 'Rename', 'Edit TemplateAbout' and 'Delete'