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# Report Design Analyzer
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The Report Design Analyzer shows errors, warnings, and information messages that help users create or enhance a report layout in the [Report Designer](../../../report-designer-for-winforms.md).
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The **Report Design Analyzer** shows errors, warnings, and information messages that help you to detect and fix issues in a report.
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![](../../../../../images/eurd-report-design-analyzer-win.png)
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## Invoke the Report Design Analyzer
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![](../../../../../images/eurd-report-design-analyzer-invoke-with-bell.png)
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## Filter Messages
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## Fix Issues
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You can filter messages by one of the following categories:
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Each message contains a recommendation on how to fix an issue. Click the Plus icon in front of the message to expand the recommendation.
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![](../../../../../images/eurd-report-design-analyzer-filter-messages.png)
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![](../../../../../images/report-design-analyzer-expand-message@2x.png)
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* **Report Layout**
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The **Source** column contains a reference to the control or script that caused the issue. Click the reference to navigate to this control or script.
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Layout-related messages (for instance, in cases when report controls overlap each other or extend beyond the report's printable area).
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* **Report Creation**
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## Filter Messages by Source
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Messages about report creation (for instance, notifications about invalid property values or unreachable sources of content).
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Based on their source, report errors are divided into four groups:
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* **Report Scripts**
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* Report layout errors – occur, for example, when report controls overlap each other or extend beyond the report’s printable area.
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* Report creation errors – occur while the report document is created. For instance, it might include notifications about invalid property values or unreachable sources of content.
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* Report export errors – happen while the report document is exported to PDF, XLSX, and other formats.
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* Report script errors (this group is not displayed if report scripts are disabled in your application) – for example, errors in script syntax.
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Messages that highlight issues in report scripts (for instance, errors in script syntax).
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You can disable messages that belong to a particular source:
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* **All**
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![](../../../../../images/disable-messages-that-belong-to-error-source.png)
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All of the above-mentioned messages.
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## Filter Messages by Type
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## Correct the Issues
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You can enable/disable messages of each available type ("Error", "Warning", or "Information") or any combination of them. Click the panel in the UI as shown in the image below to enable/disable messages of a corresponding type.
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Each message contains a recommendation on how to correct an issue. Click the Plus icon in front of the message to expand the recommendation.
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![](../../../../../images/filter-messages-by-type.png)
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![](../../../../../images/eurd-report-design-analyzer-expand-message.png)
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![](../../../../../images/eurd-report-design-analyzer-navigate-to-control.png)
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