Custom report TYPES allow you to build a framework in the report wizard, from which users can create and CUSTOMIZE reports. You build custom report types off of the RELATIONSHIPS (master-detail and lookup) between objects so that you can:

• Choose which standard and custom objects to display to users creating and customizing reports.
• Define the relationships between objects displayed to users creating and customizing reports.
• Select which objects' fields can be USED as columns in reports.
• Note that the visibility of custom report types in the report wizard is controlled by users' access to the objects in the report type.
• You may define which related records from other objects are returned in report results by CHOOSING a relationship to another object.
• You can associate up to four objects to a custom report type.

Custom report types allow you to build a framework in the report wizard, from which users can create and customize reports. You build custom report types off of the relationships (master-detail and lookup) between objects so that you can: