REPORT DESIGN

 

OVERVIEW

§         Reports are displayed of four types:

o        Results of an SQL query

§         Create any select statement or stored procedure to display a Report

o        Custom built ASP Pages

§         Create an ASP Report that can be linked to, this is usually used when Reports need to be formatted in a certain way

o        Standard Task List Report

§         This report comes standard as part of Kontinuum and displays a number of Performance metrics graphs for each workflow

o        Datacube

§         Slice and Dice Reporting tool providing advanced Reporting capability

 

§         To create a Report the designer must have Workflow Designer permissions

§         Click Workflow from the Admin menu

§         Navigate to the workflow that the Report relates to

§         Navigate to the Reports Folder

§         Click Add Report

 

Definition of Name of Report

§         The name of the Report as displayed to the end user

 

Definition of Parameter Form

§         This is the name of the parameter form you have created

§         Parameter forms are created in the same way as a normal data capture form, they provide added filtering and sorting capability to the Report

§         For example: if the parameter form asks a question my_id the sqlText can make use of the @@Form.my_id parameter

§         If the report is a Datacube Report then select the Parameter form as Datacube

 

Definition of SQL Text

§         If the Report is an SQL Report this field is required

§         WAFFL parameters can be used in this field

§         For example: To return all results for a particular user the SQL text would be: [select * from mytable where username = ‘@@User.Username’]

 

Definition of Go to Page

§         If the report is an ASP Page enter the location of the page

§         Note: If there is a parameter form for this ASP Page then the parameters are passed along in the query string to this page

 

Definition of Report User Types

§         Add all the user types that are allowed to view this report

§         This field is required