Reports Definition and Related Concepts

1. Types of Reports

• Standard Reports: Contain only vertical grouping or detail rows. These reports are presented in a banded (striped) format and typically display concrete values.
• Cross Tab Reports: Include groupings on both rows and columns—one grouping runs down the left side of the table and the other runs across the top. At each intersection, the system performs various aggregations such as count, sum, average, max, and min.

2. Report Business Modules

• Primary Business Module: The main object being analyzed in a report. For example, if the analysis objective is “Account order status”—and you need to include Accounts that have orders as well as those that do not—select Account as the primary business module. This ensures the report returns all Accounts, including those without orders.
• Related To Business Module: Any other module that is associated with the primary business module and included in the report as a related module.