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title: "Insert panel drag-and-drop"
description: "The Insert panel is located on the left side of the window."
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# Insert panel drag-and-drop

Last modified February 19, 2026

> The Insert panel is located on the left side of the window.


Elements availability from the **Insert** panel.

|Buttons|Explanation|
|---|---|
|**Header**|The button will display entered text at the top of every page. Formatting is available similarly to other text elements.|
|**Footer**|The button will display entered text at the bottom of every page. Formatting is available similarly to other text elements.|
|**Textbox**|The button will define a custom box area with the text input, and will display it with the set formats at the location specified. Can be used for comments input, attention lines, target values setting and so forth.|
|**Picture box**|The button will display a line at the set coordinates, having the defined formats.|
|**Line**|The button will display a line at the set coordinates, having the defined formats.|
|**Panel**|The button will place a panel at the set location. Formatting is available in the **Properties** box.|

1. Inserting a picture box

    + Click on **Picture Box**
    + Drag it to the location in the work area where you want the picture to be placed
    + Drop the icon
1. After you have done the desired changes to the report it can be published and made available for future use. Please refer to next section for guidelines how to do so.
1. After selecting and placing the picture box, you can choose the type of picture to be added. From **Properties** - **Source** you can pick:

    + Embedded
    + Database or
    + Bar code

    + QR codes have been added to the list of supported bar codes. The following steps show how to add a QR code:

      1. Insert a picture box into the design area of the report
      1. From the **Properties** panel select **Bar code** as Source
      1. From Bar code type, select QR code
      1. Enter a value to be rendered into the code
1. For Embedded type, a pop-up window will be displayed when the button from **Value** is clicked. From here you can upload the picture.

    1. Select location where the picture is stored
    1. Click **Browse**
    1. Click **Open**
    1. Click **Upload Image**:

        After an image is uploaded, a preview of it is displayed in the pop-up window. You can keep or remove it. Opening this pop-up window on a picture box that already has an embedded image, displays a preview of that image and also allows for it to be removed.

        The selected and confirmed picture will be added in the report and can be previewed by clicking the **Preview** tab:


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