# Report Item Overview

The Report item is a special item that hosts report items placed in report sections.

The Report is a descendant of [Data Item](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/data-items/overview) and as such exposes [filtering](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/data-items/filtering-data/how-to-add-filtering-to-report), [grouping](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/data-items/grouping-data/how-to-add-groups-to-report), and [sorting](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/data-items/ordering-data/how-to-add-sorting-to-report).

The Report is the **Data Item** at the highest hierarchical level. This means that it doesn't have a parent [data scope](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/expressions/expression-scope), hence the `ReportItem.DataObject` [Global Object](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/expressions/expressions-reference/global-objects) is undefined/null on its surface and cannot be used in the Filtering Rules and Grouping and Sorting [Expressions](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/expressions/overview). The *Expressions* in the [Bindings](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/connecting-to-data/expressions/using-expressions/bindings) and [Conditional Formattings](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/styling/styling-reports/conditional-formatting) cannot use `Fields` and `ReportItem.DataObject` Global Objects for the same reason.

For more information on the specific structure of the Report item, refer to the article about the [report structure](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/designing-reports/report-structure).

## Key Features

* [Settings and properties](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/report-item/properties)—The Report item provides specific properties for controlling the design-time and run-time behavior, and the general layout and functionality of the generated report documents.
* [Creating multi-column reports](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/barcode/1d-barcodes/1d-overview)—You can create reports divided into columns that are treated as logical pages rendered on the same physical page.
* [Creating page headers and footers](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/barcode/2d-barcodes/2d-overview)—When you create new reports, they are generated with a page header section and a page footer section by default.
* [Creating report headers and footers](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/barcode/2d-barcodes/2d-overview)—By default, new reports are created with no report headers or footers but you can add these sections if required.

## Next Steps

* [Getting Started with the Report Item](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/report-item/get-started)
* [Page Headers and Footers](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/report-item/page-headers-footers)
* [Report Headers and Footers](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/report-item/report-headers-footers)
* [Creating Multi-Column Reports](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/report-items/report-item/multi-column-reports)
* [Demo Page for Telerik Reporting](https://demos.telerik.com/reporting)
* [Telerik Reporting Knowledge Base](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting/documentation/knowledge-base)

## See Also

* [Telerik Reporting Homepage](https://www.telerik.com/products/reporting)
* [Reporting Forums](https://www.telerik.com/forums/reporting)
* [Reporting Blog](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/tag/reporting)
* [Reporting Videos](https://www.telerik.com/videos/reporting)
* [Reporting Roadmap](https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/reporting/roadmap)
* [Reporting Pricing](https://www.telerik.com/purchase/individual/reporting)
* [Reporting Training](https://learn.telerik.com/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19/reporting-report-server-training)