1. A method for storing and indexing reports in a computer database, comprising: providing report data in a predetermined report configuration wherein data elements are arranged at locations in said report data corresponding to the data parameter represented by said data elements; storing said report data in selected memory locations in said database; identifying data elements of the same data parameter in said report data in accordance with said arrangement of said data in said predetermined report configuration; indexing said identified data elements in a data index relating said data elements to the memory location thereof in said database; and storing said index.