Once you've grasped the fundamental steps for creating a new report in Apricot's Native Reporting tool, the next critical component to understand is working with report columns. The columns you choose to include, and how you configure them, will determine the specific data and insights that are surfaced in your final report.

The Report Builder has two kinds of special columns that can be added to any report section: calculation columns and summary columns. After pulling in the desired form fields from your database, you can use these special columns to create calculations from your data or display summaries from previous report sections that best showcase your organization's metrics and progress.

When you edit a report in the Report Builder, the Field Choices palette on the right-hand side will display all the forms in your database. Dragging and dropping the desired fields into your report section create the columns of data you'll continue to build out your report with.

Review the following articles to learn how to configure report columns effectively and display the most relevant data within your report.