Chapter 6. Reports and Charts

Many applications need the ability to display information to the end user in the form of a report or a chart. Fortunately, APEX makes this extremely easy, allowing you to create reports and charts out of the box. APEX provides an assortment of ready-made report and chart types, and you can customize them in many ways. APEX 4 includes a new charting engine, AnyCharts 5.1, which improves rendering time, generates better graphics, and allows for greater customization.

Reports

You might think of reports as a simple way to present record information in a tabular format. You would certainly be correct, but reports are much more flexible than that. In APEX, you have complete control over how a report is processed and presented, ...

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