Configuring Poetic Core Jasper reports


About Poetic Core Jasper reports

Selecting the report to edit

Localizing the report text

Changing basic report settings

Viewing the report criteria

Managing the report formats


About Poetic Core Jasper reports

Poetic Core Jasper reports are reports provided with Poetic that are developed using the JasperReports reporting tool.

For a Poetic Core Jasper report, you can:

Selecting the report to edit

From the Search Reports page, to display the Report Maintenance page for a Poetic Core Jasper report, click the Edit link for the report.

Localizing the report text

To localize the report text, from the page toolbar, click Localize report text.

The Filter List Values raised form displays, containing the related list values for the report. These include values for:

For more information on editing list values, see Editing and localizing list values.

Changing basic report settings

Display name In the Display name field, type the default display name for the report. This is what displays on the Reports menu.

To localize the report name, you edit the associated value in the REPORT_NAME list. The list value code in the list is the report name.

Category From the Category dropdown, select the Reports menu category in which to place the report.
Max rows for download In the Max rows for download field, type the maximum number of rows to include when users opt to download the report.
Description In the Description field, type a longer description of the report.
Active To make the report available to users with the appropriate security, check the Active check box.

If the Active check box is not checked, then even if the user has the security setting, the report does not display on the Reports menu.

Can be scheduled To allow users to schedule the report, check the Can be scheduled check box.

Viewing the report criteria

If the report has available criteria, then below the general settings is the list of survey questions for the criteria, including the display sequence. You cannot change the list of questions.

You use the list value maintenance function to localize the text of the question and any available options.

Managing the report formats

About the report format list

At the bottom of the page are the available output options for the report. The list includes the format type, whether the format is active, and the report template.

Disabling and enabling report formats

You can control which output options are available to users. By default, all of the available formats are enabled.

At last one format must be enabled.

Downloading JRXML templates

To download a template into a file, for example to use as a basis for a custom report, click the Download Template link for the report format.