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title: "Report Designer Main Screen"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.avontus.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Report Designer Main Screen

When you select to modify an original report or edit a modified report you will be taken to the designer screen.

The design surface displays a report's structure and contents. You can

- Use the tools on the Report Designer's panels to design the report:
- Access the report's data source schema in the Field List;
- Drop report controls from the Toolbox to the design surface;
- Use the Ribbon toolbar and Property Grid to set up the report controls;
- Access the report's elements in the Report Explorer;
- Use the Group and Sort panel to manage the report's group and sort settings.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/5af53f05-9b9e-4836-adbd-feccbcc1b1bc.png)

#### Design Surface

At the center is the Design Surface, this is where you will customise the selected report and drag tools from the toolbar on the left.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/95f71c21-d82e-410d-a70e-5b0a2a8b9053.png)

#### **Tools**

The **Toolbox** section is where you can find tools that allow for the modification of the report. Here you can add a label so the customer has an area to sign the report or a picture box which you can use to add the company logo.

To drag a tool to the design page, click on the required tool and click and drag where you’d like the tool to go.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/95f71c21-d82e-410d-a70e-5b0a2a8b9053.png)

#### For more information see the [**Toolbox**](https://avontus.document360.io/docs/toolbox) section

#### Report Explorer

The **Report Explorer** reflects a report's structure in a tree-like form providing easy access to report elements. Additionally, the **Report Explorer** contains the **Components** node, which displays non-visual report components such as data objects created when binding a report to a data source. You can also use the Report Explorer to manage styles and formatting rules available for a report.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/2e55b3b7-5c9f-4853-afa4-af4ef693ce34.png)

##### Field list

If you select the **Field List** tab in the **Report** **Explorer** you can see a list of available fields in the report. This panel displays the schema of a report's data sources. You can right-click a data source item (see below) to access its settings. This details what information will be pulled from Quantify.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/6c2b798b-1ef7-4cf8-a7ca-5cf3b4da9e02.png)

Dropping a field onto a report's surface creates a new report control bound to a corresponding field.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/c8c659bb-8174-4b64-9124-c63383f65820.png)

This will change the ReportCustomerContactInfo field to the appropriate field.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/cbefed2b-4530-40da-87ce-c30bd5c5add8.png)