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Reports creation

To create a report, some XML files must be created, that will be used as the definition of the report.

Introduction

There are 3 layers of XMLs for each report

The first layer it's oriented to de definition of a data source, which is  descript in the ReportSourceDefinition (RSD) xml file. The second layer is the definition of an user executable report, specifying columns to show, positions, names, and other report options inside the ReportDefinition (RD). Finally, the third layer defines the presentation of the report, describing more specific options as the column width, semaphores, and other visualization options declared in the ReportView (RV).

The RSD defines the gathering of data, which may come from more than a single source (multiple data sources will be unified). The RD always has an associated RSD, but many RD may share the same RSD. In other words, many reports may be defined with the same data set.

Both RD and RSD are the minimal requirements to generate an executable report, and it is possible to create them with assistance, using the generation Wizard inside de application. The RV will be generated every time an user adds a new profile, and it will be saved inside the "reportviewrepository" and it wont be necessary modify it manually.

Reports has parameters. Those parameters could be specified in both the RSD and RD. Generally speaking, the difference between both is that the ones defined in RSD will be considered prefilters, and will be applied while data are recolected. In other words the resulting data set wont contain data that doesn't match this prefilters. In the other hand, the ones corresponding to RD are considered postfilters and they will be applied after data has been recolected, working for a single report.