1.instead of selecting standard report format we can select the template in which we wish to fgenerate a report.

for ex:-if we want our report to be in cross-tab format we can select that template.

templates are very helpful bcoz we can select the template in which we want to generate the reports accpording to our choice.

2.data providers are the sourse data to generate the reports

some of the data providers are

ex:-universes,excel sheets,text documents n blah blah