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Creating a Quick Report
Once you have decided where you want to add the Quick Report (either in the Application, the model, or both), go to the drilldown menu (Hamburger icon) and select Quick Reports. Click Create New ( + ) to add a new report.
The following fields can be entered:
Title
This is the title that is displayed on the report and on the Reports drilldown menu.
Enabled
This provides a quick way to disable report temporarily and remove it from the reports list.
Report On
This option specifies whether the report will be run on a specific record, or on a list of records
Icon
Optionally lets you specify an icon that will be displayed alongside the report on the screen.
Show Record Title
Specifies whether the title of the currently selected record should be displayed at the top of the report.
Show Title
Specifies whether the title of the report itself should be displayed at the top of the report.
Show Date
Specifies whether the date the report was run should be displayed at the top of the report.
Show Filters
Specifies whether any filters (report parameters) entered by the user prior to running the report should be displayed at the top of the report.
Allow Users to Subscribe
This provides an area in the published application for users to subscribe to the report, so they can have the report automatically emailed to them on a specific frequency (eg. every Monday).
Horizontal Slots Per Page
Explained in more detail in the next section, specifies the number of columns (referred to as 'horizontal slots') that will be utilized in the report layout. The default is 1, which means there will be only one column and essentially the layout will flow vertically.
Font Size (Points)
The default font size for the overall report.
Page Orientation
Specifies whether the report will be generated for a portrait (upright) or landscape (sideways) page orientation.
Page Type
Specifies the size of the page, of either Letter, Legal or A4. The default selection is letter.
Fixed Layout
By default, reports are laid out in a table structure, with each section resizing to fit its content. Sometimes, however, you may need all the sections to be the same width, and all columns in a table to be the same width. To do this, set Fixed Layout to true
Visible Condition
This lets you provide a condition, in DbfScript expression format, that must evaluate to true for this report to be visible.
Footer Section The Footer section lets you specify what should appear at the foot (ie. the bottom) of each page in the report.
Footer Image - An image file (eg. JPG or PNG) that will be displayed in the footer.
Skip first Page - Whether to skip displaying the footer on the first page.
Footer Text - Plain text that will be displayed in the center of the footer on each page.
Custom View
Specifies whether this report will also be incorporated into the application as a custom view.
None - The report will not appear as a custom view.
Screen Option - The report will appear as an optional custom view shown as a screen tab.
Main Screen - The report will replace the default view in the screen, effectively becoming a dashboard.
Force Format
This option lets you override how the report will be generated. By default Quick Reports are generated as PDF, but if you want the report to auto-generate as an Excel spreadsheet, then you can select Excel in the Force Format option. The other two options are HTML and Text.
Margins
The margins define the space (in pixels) on the top, left, right and bottom edges of the paper when the report is printed.