1: output parameters: how the report is displayed when exectuted and a lot of other features can be setup there (eg afile name where the report is stored instead of displaying it,...), explore this on your own.data source: if you run the report new (which might be time consuming) or pick an already created extract (which takes already stored report information from the database)extract parameters: if you create an extract, it defines if the extract is expiring or not,... 2: For transferring reports you can use !"# (export) and !"$ (import), this ensures that you export%import the last &ersion of your report. 'hen executing report painter things you are always executing a !()*!+ !*,) (containing one or more reports), thats why in -(." you see the report group not the report. /nd furthermore if you only transport the report group (not the changed report itself) the report group always refers to the old report in the target system. ": 0f you sa&e an extract, this is 1fro2en1. -o changing the report definition and &iewing an extract will always show theold &ersion%data. 0f you want to see your cahnges, run the report without using 1extracted data1.