Generation is what happens when you click on the 'Preview' tab in the Report Designer and see the generated document in the print preview window. The document will either look right, or it won't. If it doesn't look right, then it's time to return to the Select, Design, or Process area and make the changes necessary to get the document generating properly. Sometimes you learn the most by tinkering with a data selection or layout and then checking to see how ReportBuilder generates the document differently.

Well, that's ReportBuilder document creation in a nutshell. Now let's jump in and create our first report!