1. A system for generating a report in an electronic paper file format comprising: a reporting catalog module configured to retrieve and report data from a selected data source and according to a report format, said reported data comprised of report objects; an image processing module, configured to render a base electronic paper file including said report objects in a visual format according to the selected report format; said image processing module further configured to parse said report objects in and generate a metafile, said metafile including an identifier and position information within said electronic paper file for said report objects; a link module configured to parse said metafile and create relational information between said report objects; and said link module further configured to retrieve position information for a related target report object and generate a navigational link from a source report object to said target report object.