Interface Overview

6. Interface Overview

6.1 Left Sidebar

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Views panel

The left sidebar is your view discovery and field inspection workspace. Expert users should treat this as a fast schema browser: it helps you confirm naming, identify likely join keys, and avoid unnecessary trial-and-error in the main editor.

6.2 Main Editor Panel

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Editor panel

The editor is where final report logic is authored. Syntax highlighting and autocomplete speed up creation, but maintainability still depends on disciplined SQL structure, such as CTEs, explicit aliases, and typed parameters.

6.3 Results Grid

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Output pane

The results grid is the first validation checkpoint. Use it to inspect row shape, null behavior, duplicates, and business plausibility before moving toward publish-ready output.

Rows may be resized, and row formats can be changed by using the stacked-dots menu and selecting the desired format. Arrows can be used to scroll to fields that are too wide to fit in the visible area.

6.4 Toolbar

The toolbar is where authoring becomes operational: opening prior work, running queries, saving stable versions, exporting or importing definitions, and launching Report Copilot for users who prefer Build Mode or Data Exploration Mode.

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Toolbar

6.5 Parameters Area

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Parameters panel

The parameters area detects templated placeholders and prompts for runtime values. In mature reporting workflows, this is where report reusability is defined, so parameter names and typing conventions should be treated as part of the report contract.

Parameters look like <<$ParameterHere>> and can be included in your source SQL. The parameter then appears in the Parameters panel, where it can be assigned a type and a default value.