# Report Author Guide: Quick Start

The quick start section helps you get started with the basic operations of ActiveReportsJS, such as creating, saving, and previewing a report. Visit the topic to get started.

## Content

We designed this section to help you quickly get started with report authoring in ActiveReportsJS.

We recommend starting with the [Standalone Report Designer](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/Get-Started-With-Designer-App) tutorial to grasp a basic knowledge of a report author's primary tool.

Then, you can choose from the following topics that guide you through the process of creating standard report templates:

* Printable Reports
    * [Tabular Reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Tutorial-1-Tabular-Report) are the most straightforward way to visualize your data
    * [Banded Reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Get-Started-With-Banded-Reports) produce a list-like data view
    * [Fixed Layout Reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Get-Started-With-Fixed-Reports) template is a unique feature of ActiveReportsJS that helps you easily digitalize pre-printed forms
    * [Mail merge Reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Get-Started-With-Mail-Merge-Reports) are a way to generate multiple documents at once by applying data records to a pre-defined template
    * [Master-Detail Reports for Nested Datasets](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Master-Detail-Report-With-Nested-DataRegions-Datasets) and [Master-Detail Reports for Related Datasets](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-/Master-Detail-Report-With-Nested-DataRegions) visualize data structures that are related to each other by `hierarchical relationships`. There are more than one way to organize this type of data relationships. Hence, we offer two walkthroughs, and you can check which one is more suitable for your needs.
* Analytical Reports
    * [Summary Reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-analytical-reports/Tutorial-4-Pivot-Report) reduce a complete set of raw data into smaller views that help yield useful information
    * [Drill-down reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-analytical-reports/Get-Started-With-DrillThrough-Reports) let report readers switch from a comprehensive data view down to a more detailed one
    * [Dtill-through reports](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-analytical-reports/Get-Started-With-DrillThrough-Reports) enable navigation through a sequence of related reports
    * [Hierarchical drill-down](/activereportsjs/docs/v6.1/ReportAuthorGuide/QuickStart/get-started-with-analytical-reports/hierarchical-drill-down-reports) reports allow readers <span style="color: rgb(58, 70, 82); font-family: Montserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">to progressively expand branches of a hierarchical tree to drill down into more granular details.</span>

These tutorials cover many topics - data binding, sorting, filtering, grouping, report parameters, interactive capabilities, and so on.