Format templates

The format template defines the format of the report.

• You define the report layout in the Format Template tab in the RtReports editor.

• You build a format template by inserting formatting elements or by dragging elements from the format toolbox into a hierarchy represented by the format template tree.

• The formatting data objects in the tree correspond to the display of the final report output.

• Formatting elements must follow certain rules that control where they can be placed within format template sections.

The Format Template tab and the Report tab are linked. Clicking an element in the Report tab opens the format template tree to that element, and vice versa.

Formatting elements can contain:

• Organizational logic

• Static text and images

• Dynamic data coming from the data journal

The Format template is reusable and can apply to different result sets. You can dock this tab.

For more information about using the format toolbox, see Format Toolbox.