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Create a New Report Definition

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Create a New Report Definition

This topic demonstrates how to create a new report definition in Logi Studio.

  1. Begin by launching Logi Studio, using its desktop icon or StartAll ProgramsLogi InfoStudio.
  1. In Logi Studio, close the Getting Started dialog box and re-open the HelloWorld application from the Welcome Panel, as shown above.
  1. Click the New File menu item, and select Report from its drop-down list of options, as shown above.
    Studio will add a new report definition, named "newReport" in the Application Panel, and put it into rename mode. Just start typing a new name - such as "MyDataTable2" - and press Enter to rename it.
    If something happens, like you click elsewhere, and it exits rename mode, just select the newReport definition and press F2, or right-click and select Rename, to rename it.

You probably noticed that the new definition was opened in the Workspace editor. It contains five key elements by default:

  • The Root element of the report. Its ID is the report definition name, in this example, "MyDataTable2", and
  • A Body element, a container for displaying the main report content (tables, charts, controls, etc.)


Any report that displays data in a table also requires five more types of elements, which we'll work with next:

  • A Connection to the database or other data source.
  • A Data Table element, which defines the data presentation (rows and columns).
  • A DataLayer element, to retrieve and cache the data.
  • One or more Data Table Column elements, to organize the data.
  • A Label element in each column to format and display the actual data.

Your next step is to create a connection to your database server.