Description
The reporting in the application Reports Wizard is based on the concept of Report Structure. A report structure consists of data sources and their columns. Each data source in a report has its selection rules of documents from a database and lets you set up additional rules. Also a data source has attributes which can be chosen as its column value. The columns of all data sources in a report together form up the report columns. The settings of data sources as well as of their attributes and relations which you can choose in a report are performed by the application administrator.
The creating a report in the application consists of the two steps:
| • | Choose data sources for the report; |
| • | Add columns for each data source. |
A report structure consists of properties documents of the three types: report, data source and column.
To create a report structure, do the next:
| • | Create the report properties document; |
| • | Create data source properties documents for the report; |
| • | Create column properties documents for the data sources. |
Besides creating a new report structure in the application, you can copy an existed one. You can make a copy of your report structure or of other users if they grant you such access. After a report has been copied you become the owner of the structure and can change all its elements. To copy an existing structure, do the next:
| • | Open the view Reports; |
| • | Select the properties document of report whose structure you want to copy; |
| • | Press in the view Report Structure \ Copy. |
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