This Primer provides a foundation of the basic concepts to write reports. You use the reporting language to create all
of the output requests in this Primer. You describe the reports you want
to produce by writing report requests. For more information on reporting features and syntax described in this Primer, see
the technical content for your product.
Each request contains a set of English language instructions
called commands that are interpreted and implemented. The result
of the request is a report or a chart. Charting syntax is similar to reporting syntax. A chart can present the same kinds
of information as a tabular report, in a wide variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional chart types.