Report Training Tutorial 2: Understanding Expressions

Report Training Tutorial 2: Understanding Expressions

This is the second in a series of five Report Training Tutorial videos.  In this video, we'll explore core elements that nearly every report utilizes. Expressions and Databands are both critical to building effective reports.  We’ll build a manufacturing report and learn how Databands work in relation to database tables, and how Expressions can be used to customize report output to fit your needs. 


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