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title: "Layout Editor"
description: "Use Layout Editor to manage filters, sorting, and rules for report elements."
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# Layout Editor

Last modified July 21, 2026

> Use Layout Editor to manage filters, sorting, and rules for report elements.

The **Layout Editor** is primarily used for managing filters, grouping/sorting and functions for cell, row, column, and sheet level business rules, as well as Storage rules.

Click the **Layout Editor** button in the **OneStop Reporting** Excel ribbon to open the **Layout Editor.** The various functions in the **Layout Editor** are explained in the next sections.

![](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/img/en/Layout-Editor-blank.png)

    *Figure: Layout Editor - Report Designer*


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## In this section


- [Filters](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/filters/index.md): Use filters to limit and refine the data in your report templates.

- [Grouping and sorting](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/grouping-and-sorting/index.md): Organize your data logically by grouping, summing, and sorting report values.

- [Period aggregation](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/period-aggregation/index.md): Use period aggregation to display accumulated values and historical totals in reports.

- [Expanding groups](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/expanding-groups/index.md): Enable expanding to display individual lines instead of a single total.

- [Advanced period formulas](https://docs.vismasoftware.no/onestopreporting/create-templates/report-designer/creating-reports/layout-editor/advanced-period-formulas/index.md): Use advanced formulas to automate rolling periods and dynamic date calculations.