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Reports are used to extract important information about existing data of the Software and are generated organize and present the application's data to a user in a human readable form. 

They are implemented using two files: an XML file used to define the report criteria and information displayed, and a JRXML file used to define the report layout.

Reports can be generated in any of the following forms: PDF, EXCEL, CSV and HTML.

 


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Creating Report Pages

 

To create a new report page you need to create an XML file and a JRXML file or use :

  1. A report layout page (.jrxml) which you can:
    1. Create using iReport Designer or
    2. Use one of the existing CRM.COM

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    1. report layout files. 

 

Creating Report Layout Pages

 

Using Report Layout Templates

CRM.COM Software includes the following report layout templates for landscape and portrait page orientation and for reports containing subreports. All report layout templates can be found under ../reports directory

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  1. A report criteria and content page (.xml)
  2. To define the report in metadata file modules.xml, in order for it to be available to the user.

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2. Portrait: B00_A4_Portrait.jrxml

 

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In the following example, A00_A4_Landscape_With_SubReport.jrxml is used for the main report which is Rewards Participants Balance, and A00_A4_Landscape_SubReport.jrxml is used for the sub-report which includes each participant's participating schemes.


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Designing Report Layout Pages

If none of the above templates meet your needs, you can create your own JRXML file using iReport Designer.

Creating Report Criteria and Content Pages

 

To create a new report criteria and content page, you need to create an XML file under ../reports/<module_name> directory.

In the following example Accounts_Receivable_Balance.xml is created under ../reports/AccountsReceivable

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><definition xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../xsd/reports.xsd"> <name>key_accounts_receivable_balance</name> <description>key_rewards_participants_balance</description> <entityTable>ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE</entityTable> <entityField>ACCRECID</entityField> <dataset/> <orderBy>ACCRECNUM ASC</orderBy> <joins> INNER JOIN ACCCLASSIFICATIONS ON ACCCLASSIFICATIONS.ACCCLASSID = ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCCLASSID INNER JOIN CONTACTINFORMATION ON CONTACTINFORMATION.CIID = ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.CIID INNER JOIN CONTACTINFODEFINITIONS ON CONTACTINFODEFINITIONS.CIDEFACTIVE = 1 AND CONTACTINFODEFINITIONS.CIDEFDELETED = 0 INNER JOIN OUGROUPS ON OUGROUPS.OUGID = ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.OWNEROUGID INNER JOIN CREDITLIMITSTATUS ON CREDITLIMITSTATUS.CREDITLIMITSTATUS_ID=ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECID LEFT JOIN OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT ON OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT.OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_ID=ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECID INNER JOIN BALANCE ON BALANCE.BALANCE_ID=ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECID INNER JOIN CURRENCIES ON CURRENCIES.CURRENCYID = ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.CURRENCYID LEFT JOIN CURRENCYRATEPERIODS ON CURRENCYRATEPERIODS.CURRENCYID = CURRENCIES.CURRENCYID AND CURRENCYRATEPERIODS.CURRATEPERIODTODATE IS NULL LEFT JOIN SYSTEMSETTINGS ON SYSTEMSETTINGS.SYSTEMSETTINGNAME= 'DEFAULT_CURRENCY' AND SYSTEMSETTINGS.SYSTEMSETTINGDELETED=0 LEFT JOIN CURRENCIES DEFAULTCURRENCIES ON DEFAULTCURRENCIES.CURRENCYID = SYSTEMSETTINGS.SYSTEMSETTINGSTRINGVALUE </joins> <conditions> ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECDELETED = 0 </conditions> <with> OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT (OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_ID, OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE) AS ( SELECT ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECID, SUM(INVOICES.INVOICETOTALAMT - COALESCE((SELECT SUM(ALLOCATEDAMT) FROM INVOICEALLOCATIONS WHERE ... </with> <template>A00_A4_Landscape</template> <criteria> <criterion> <criteriatype>0</criteriatype> <label>key_owned_by_group</label> <extralabel>key_owned_by_group</extralabel> <tooltip/> <hibernatefield/> <entitytablename>OUGROUPS</entitytablename> <entityfieldname>OUGID</entityfieldname> <displaytable>OUGROUPS</displaytable> <displaylabel>key_name</displaylabel> <displayfield>OUGNAME</displayfield> <fieldtype>ftXString</fieldtype> <fieldsize>32</fieldsize> <sourcealias>OUGID</sourcealias> <displayalias>OUGNAME</displayalias> <datasetname>networkmanagement.loadgroups</datasetname> <lookupname/> <treename/> <multiselect>1</multiselect> <isMandatory>1</isMandatory> </criterion> <criterion> <criteriatype>0</criteriatype> <label>key_life_cycle_state</label> <extralabel>key_life_cycle_state</extralabel> <tooltip/> <hibernatefield/> <entitytablename>ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE</entitytablename> <entityfieldname>LIFECYCLESTATE</entityfieldname> <displaytable/> <displaylabel>key_life_cycle_state</displaylabel> <displayfield>LIFECYCLESTATE</displayfield> <fieldtype>ftXString</fieldtype> <fieldsize>32</fieldsize> <sourcealias>LIFECYCLESTATE</sourcealias> <displayalias/> <datasetname/> <lookupname>ejb/CRMUIAccountReceivable.getLifeCycleStateOptions:</lookupname> <isMandatory>1</isMandatory> </criterion> <criterion> <criteriatype>0</criteriatype> <label>key_date_created</label> <extralabel>key_date_created</extralabel> <tooltip/> <hibernatefield/> <entitytablename>ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE</entitytablename> <entityfieldname>ACCRECCREATEDDATE</entityfieldname> <displaytable/> <displaylabel/> <displayfield/> <fieldtype>ftXDate</fieldtype> <fieldsize>-1</fieldsize> <sourcealias/> <displayalias/> <datasetname/> <lookupname/> <treename/> <multiselect>0</multiselect> <isMandatory>0</isMandatory> </criterion> ... </criteria> <columns> <column> <fieldname>ACCRECNUM</fieldname> <width>10</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <header>key_number</header> </column> <column> <fieldname>ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.ACCRECNAME</fieldname> <alias>ACCOUNTSOWNER</alias> <width>10</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <header>key_account_information</header> </column> <column> <fieldname> CASE WHEN ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.LIFECYCLESTATE='ACTIVE' then 'Active' WHEN ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.LIFECYCLESTATE='SUSPENDED' then 'Suspended' WHEN ACCOUNTSRECEIVABLE.LIFECYCLESTATE='TERMINATED' then 'Terminated' END </fieldname> <alias>ACCOUNT_LIFECYCLESTATE</alias> <width>10</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <header>key_life_cycle_state</header> </column> <column> <fieldname>ACCRECCREATEDDATE</fieldname> <width>10</width> <header>key_date_created</header> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <fieldtype>FTXDATE</fieldtype> </column> <column> <fieldname>COALESCE(COALESCE(CURRENCYRATEPERIODS.CURRENCYPERIODINVERSERATE,1) * OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE,0)</fieldname> <alias>OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE</alias> <width>10</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <header>key_outstanding_amount</header> <fieldtype>FTXFLOAT</fieldtype> <displaydefaultcurrencysymbol>true</displaydefaultcurrencysymbol> </column> ... </columns> <groups> <group> <groupid>OUGNAME</groupid> <sortorder>OUGNAME</sortorder> <groupbyheader>key_owned_by_group</groupbyheader> <header> <column> <fieldname>OUGNAME</fieldname> <width>25</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <header>key_owned_by_group:</header> </column> </header> <footer> <column> <fieldname>=COUNT({ACCRECNUM})</fieldname> <header>key_number_of_accounts_receivable:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> </column> <column> <fieldname>=SUM({OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE})</fieldname> <header>key_outstanding_amount:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <displaydefaultcurrencysymbol>true</displaydefaultcurrencysymbol> </column> <column> <fieldname>=SUM({BALANCE_VALUE})</fieldname> <header>key_account_balance:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <displaydefaultcurrencysymbol>true</displaydefaultcurrencysymbol> </column> </footer> </group> ... </groups> <footers> <column> <fieldname>=COUNT({ACCRECNUM})</fieldname> <header>key_number_of_accounts_receivable:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> </column> <column> <fieldname>=SUM({OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE})</fieldname> <header>key_outstanding_amount:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <alias>OUTSTANDINGAMOUNT_VALUE</alias> <displaydefaultcurrencysymbol>true</displaydefaultcurrencysymbol> </column> <column> <fieldname>=SUM({BALANCE_VALUE})</fieldname> <header>key_account_balance:</header> <width>33</width> <widthType>PERCENTAGE</widthType> <displaydefaultcurrencysymbol>true</displaydefaultcurrencysymbol> </column> </footers> </definition>

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For a full list of report page attributes, go to Report Pages Documentation

Defining Report Pages in Metadata

In order for the report to be available to the user, it must be defined in metadata file modules.xml, which is located under ../metadata directory.

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<modules>
	<module>
		<moduleid>ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE</moduleid>
		<applicationid>FINANCE</applicationid>
		...
		<features>
			<feature>
				...
				<reports>
			    	<report>
			      		<id>ACCOUNTS_RECEIVABLE_BALANCE_REPORT</id>
			      		<name>key_accounts_receivable_balance</name>
			      		<description>key_view_the_accounts_receivable_balance</description>
			      		<reportfilename>AccountsReceivable/Accounts_Receivable_Balance.xml</reportfilename>
			    	</report>
					...
			    </reports>
			</feature>
			...
		</features>
	</module>
</modules>
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For a full list of metadata report attributes, go to Modules Reports Metadata/Features/Reports.