function action_report() {
                $this->addStyle("style.css");

                $db            = &$this->getDb();
                $ui            = &$this->getUi();
                $pageVars      = $this->getPageVars();

                $ref_arr       = array("");
                $gpn_arr       = array("");
                $colEntries    = $this->setInitialColumns($pageVars['reportid']);
                $colHeaders    = $this->setInitialValues($pageVars['reportid']);        //get atktext of db column names

                $col_ind       = $this->configureTable($pageVars);
                $col_ind       = $this->turnOnColumns($pageVars, $col_ind, $colEntries);
                $page          = $this->createPage();
                $defaultDate   = $this->getDefaultDate($pageVars);
                $custReport    = $this->configureReportKind($pageVars, $col_ind, $colEntries, $colHeaders);

                $startDate_att = new atkDateAttribute("startdate", "", "", 0, date("Ymd"));
                $endDate_att   = new atkDateAttribute("enddate",   "", "", 0, date("Ymd"));

                $selected      = ($pageVars['noclosed'] != 1) ? "selected" : "";
                $status_html   = '<OPTION VALUE="1" '.$selected.'>'.atktext("wo_closed_prs","inventory").'</OPTION>';
                $status_html  .= '<OPTION VALUE="0" '.$selected.'>'.atktext("w_closed_prs","inventory").'</OPTION>';

                $seld[0]       = ($pageVars['reportid']=="1") ? "selected" : "";
                $seld[1]       = ($pageVars['reportid']=="2") ? "selected" : "";
                $seld[2]       = ($pageVars['reportid']=="3") ? "selected" : "";
                $seld[3]       = ($pageVars['reportid']=="4") ? "selected" : "";
                $content       = $this->createHtmlTable($pageVars, $ref_arr, $gpn_arr, $startDate_att, $endDate_att, $defaultDate, $status_html, $seld, $custReport);

                $page->register_scriptcode($this->getJavascript());
                $page->addContent($ui->renderBox(array("title"=>atktext("parameters"), "content" => $content)));

                //if user is logged in, query database and place results in table
                if ($pageVars['userid'] != "") {
                        $records = $this->mainDBQuery($pageVars, $col_ind, $colEntries, $colHeaders, $ref_arr, $db);
                        $data    = $this->formatResponseData($pageVars, $col_ind, $records, $colHeaders, $db);
                        $this->createTableRenderBox($pageVars, $page, $ui, $data);

                }
        }