The Panel report item is not associated with data and is used as a container for other items, usually to group/separate multiple report items by some criteria. You can set properties such as Visible on the Panel to affect all of the report items hosted in that Panel. When you move the Panel, the items that are contained within it move along with it. The screenshot shows a Panel containing two TextBox report items.

Note
A Panel acts as a container for items that you either create in it or drag into it. If you draw a Panel around an item that already exists in the Report Designer, the Panel will not act as its container.