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The Report menu provides access to common reporting operations. To show the Report Menu in the Visual Studio menu bar, select the Design View of the report in the ActiveReports Designer. This menu does not appear in the menu bar when the report is not selected.

The following drop-down sections describe the Report menu items. Menu items differ based on the type of report layout in use.

Menu Item	Description
Save Layout	Opens the Save As dialog to save the newly created report in RPX file format.
Save Layout To Server	Opens the Save report to server dialog to save reports to ActiveReports Server. See Server Reports for more information.
Load Layout	Opens the Open dialog where you can navigate to any RPX file and open it in the designer. Note that any changes to the current report are lost, as the layout file replaces the current report in the designer.
Load Layout From Server	Opens the Open report from server dialog to open reports from ActiveReports Server. See Server Reports for more information.
Connect to Server	Opens the Connect To Server dialog that allows you to connect ActiveReports to ActiveReports Server to access shared resources. See Connecting to ActiveReports Server for more information.
Disconnect from Server	Disconnects from ActiveReports Server. This option is only enabled when connected to ActiveReports Server.
Data Source	Opens the Report Data Source dialog to bind a data source to the report.
Settings	Opens the Report Settings dialog. See Report Settings Dialog for more information.
Data Shared Data Sources Shared Data Sets	Select the Shared Data Sources option to open the Server Shared Data Sources dialog to create or edit shared data sources. See Server Shared Data Sources for more information. Select the Shared Data Sets option to open the Server Shared Data Sets dialog to create or edit shared data sets. See Server Shared Data Sets for more information.
View Designer Script Preview	Opens the Designer, Script or Preview tab. See Designer Tabs for more details.

Menu Item	Description
Save Layout	Opens the Save As dialog to save the newly created report in RDLX file format.
Save Layout To Server	Opens the Save report to server dialog to save reports to ActiveReports Server. See Server Reports for more information.
Load Layout	Opens the Open dialog where you can navigate to any RDL, RDLX, RDLX-master file and open it in the designer. Note that any changes to the current report are lost, as the layout file replaces the current report in the designer.
Load Layout From Server	Opens the Open report from server dialog to open reports from ActiveReports Server. See Server Reports for more information.
Connect to Server	Opens the Connect To Server dialog that allows you to connect ActiveReports to ActiveReports Server to access shared resources. See Connecting to ActiveReports Server for more information.
Disconnect from Server	Disconnects from ActiveReports Server. This option is only enabled when connected to ActiveReports Server.
Convert to Master Report (RDL Reports only)	Converts a RDL report to a Master Report. It disappears from the Report menu when a master report is applied to the report through Set Master Report. See Master Reports (RDL) for more details.
Report Parameters	Opens the Report dialog to the Parameters page where you can manage, add and delete parameters.
Embedded Images	Opens the Report dialog to the Images page, where you can select images to embed in a report. Once you add images to the collection, they appear in the Report Explorer under the Embedded Images node.
Report Properties	Opens the Report dialog to the General page where you can set report properties such as the author, description, page header and footer properties, and grid spacing.
Stylesheet Editor	Opens the Stylesheet Editor dialog, where you can create, edit or remove styles. You can also embed these styles in a style sheet or save them externally in .rdlx-styles format. Embedded style sheets appear under the Embedded Stylesheets* node in the Report Explorer.
Set Master Report (RDL Reports only) Open From Server Open Local File	Select Open From Server option to open the Open report from server dialog, and then select a master report (RDLX-master file format). Select Open Local File option to open the Open dialog, and then select a master report.
Generate Excel Template (RDL Reports only)	Creates an Excel template of the report that you or the end user can customize for use with Excel exports to control the way the exported reports appear.
Data Shared Data Sources Shared Data Sets	Select Shared Data Sources option to open Server Shared Data Sources dialog to create or edit shared data sources. See Server Shared Data Sources for more information. Select Shared Data Sets option to open Server Shared Data Sets dialog to create or edit shared data sets. See Server Shared Data Sets for more information.
View Designer Script Preview	Opens the Designer, Script or Preview tab. See Designer Tabs for more details.
Page Header (RDL Reports only)	Toggles the report Page Header on or off.
Page Footer (RDL Reports only)	Toggles the report Page Footer on or off.