Navigating Reporting Center

Reporting Center is made up of three panes from which you can perform all the tasks related to data source connections, security settings, and reports.

Navigation Pane

The Navigation pane is the starting point for Reporting Center. Use the Navigation pane to initiate tasks such as choosing a data source connection and selecting a report. The information in the other panes change according to what you do in the Navigation pane.

Reporting Center Home is at the top of the Navigation Tree and allows you to start managing security, data source connections, and reports. When you click Reporting Center Home from the Navigation Pane or the toolbar, the Reporting Center Console displays links to start each of those tasks, along with information about your current security settings, data source connections, and reports.

Results Pane

The center of the Reporting Center interface contains the Results pane, which displays any information related to the folder, report, or data source connection you select in the Navigation pane. For example, this pane includes the contents of a report or the details of a data source connection. When you modify report properties in Reporting Center and run a report, the Results pane displays the report with those changes.

Tasks Pane

The Tasks pane contains common functions you perform in Reporting Center. The contents change according to what you select in the Navigation pane. For example, if you select an individual report in the Navigation pane, the Tasks pane displays a list of the report-related tasks along with the Report Context tab, which contains the context controls for the report.