Introduction to the Report module

The Reports module is a comprehensive feature designed for creating, configuring, and managing a variety of reports. Seamlessly integrated with other modules, it enables users to generate PDF and text reports, interact with XML and JSON files, consume web services, and provide data to external applications. The intuitive configuration workflow simplifies the process of creating report forms, saving and visualizing reports, and generating WebData definitions.

In addition to promoting data exchange between systems by allowing users to publish and consume WebData objects, the Reports module also supports runtime execution, integration with PDF viewers and web services, and customizable advanced features. To assist users in overcoming potential challenges and optimizing their report management experience, the platform includes a dedicated section on troubleshooting and best practices for the Reports module, covering common issues, solutions, recommendations, and dataset report runtime attributes.


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Purpose and Key Concepts

Forms

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WebData

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Understanding the Report Module

Features Highlights

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Generating PDF and Text Reports

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Reading and Writing XML and JSON

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Interfacing with Web Services

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External Application Data Exchange

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Architecture Implementation

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Configuring the Report Module

Explore workflows, form configurations, and WebDataDefinition creation to enhance your reporting capabilities.

Find detailed information on the following topics:


Configuration Workflow

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Report Forms Configuration

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Forms RichText Editor

You create text, formatting, and values using the text editor.

To create or edit a report:

  1. Go to Reports → Forms.
  2. Select a report name or select the insert row (first row) to create a new report.
  3. Enter or select information, as needed.

Report Configuration Properties

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Name

Enter a name for the report. The system allows you to know if the name is not valid.

Padding

Select padding when replacing a tag name with its value (the field for a tag will have the same number of spaces as the tag name is long). 

  • Compact—Removes any extra characters and displays only the tag value.
  • PadRight—Puts extra space for each character to the right of the tag value.

  • PadLeft—Puts extra space for each character to the left of the tag value.

SaveFormat

Select the report format:

  • XPS
  • HTML
  • Unicode
  • ASCII

  • PDF

SaveFileName

Enter a string and {ObjectProperties}. Use the full path.

SaveTrigger

Enter an object property that will be the trigger.

Append

Enter the file to append the report

Size

Report size configuration.

EditSecurity

Check what user groups can edit the report

Header

Choose another report to be the Header.

Footer

Choose another report to be the Footer.

Legacy

Read-only. Show if the report is a legacy.

Description

Enter a description of this report.


To change the report format between “portrait” and “landscape”, you need to change it in both NovaPDF (printer used by our Platform ) and the target printer.

Check How to Use Reports for additional information.


To use the text editor:

  • Go to Reports → Forms Editor.
  • Create the text, tags, and formatting for the report.
  • Click Save.
  • Configure the report properties for the display dynamics or script that will run the report.


Check Dynamic Cell Colors in Reports for additional information.

Creating WebData Definitions

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WebData Contents Editor

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Check the WebAccess REST API page for additional in formation.


Working with the Report Module

Runtime Execution

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Saving and Visualizing Report Forms

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Exchanging Data using XML and JSON files

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GET and POST WebData to Web Services

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Using WebData on Scripts

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Using WebData from Displays

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Report Module Attributes

The Report namespace exposes properties and methods of the .NET objects used by the Dataset Module execution.

For more information on namespaces and objects, go to Objects and Attributes.

This section describes only some commonly used properties, for the full list properties and methods, go to the Namespaces Reference.


Report Module Properties examples

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Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Common #Issues and Solutions

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Best Practices and #Recommendations

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