In this section, we will introduce the main concepts related to reports.
First of all, what is a report? It is a formatted document. It can include figures, text, and tables, possibly in a highly customized way.
The report is generated from a report design and some data. The report design is created from a template; it consists of a layout and a master page. The master page and the layout are similar in function; however, the master page is only for the header and footer of the pages, and the layout provides the main/body content.
The data can be from various data sources, for example, cubes, databases, and others; for now, we are focusing on KNIME data that is imported using the special nodes. The data imported is named a data set.
The data cube is a multidimensional data set, which can be used to summarize other data sets. You can think of it as a more processed, derived data set.
The reports can have report parameters and report variables, which can be further processed...
