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Kexi

Window Types

Reports

Introduction

The Kexi Report plugin allows for the creation of dynamic page-based business reports from data held within the database.

Data can be ordered independently to how it is stored, and the reports can be structured with groups, headers and footers.

Concepts

Many of the concepts are similar to those in similar applications such as Microsoft Access, Oracle Reports and the LibreOffice Report Builder.

Report

A report is an object made from one or more sections. This top level object contains properties that are applicable to the entire report, such as Name and Paper Size.

Sections

A report contains at least one section, the detail section. This section is repeated for every row in the data set that makes the report. Additional sections can be added to increase the structure of the report, such as group-header, group-footer, report-header, report-footer, and many types of page-header/footer.

Items

Fields in the data set can be represented by Items in the report. An item is added to one of the report sections. Some items do not need to be associated with a data field, such as the Label item, which shows static text.

Scripting

Although many report formats can be created using just the report gui designer, fully dynamic and advanced layouts can be created using code snippets that run on an event based system when the report is rendered.

Extensibility

Although the report system in Kexi is a plugin to the main Kexi application, it itself has a plugin system that allows for the addition of new Item types. Some of the default items are built-in, and some are plugins, such as the Barcode and Chart items.

Report

The top-level report object contains properties that relate to the entire report. These properties are accessible by clicking on the rectangular region at the top-left of the report between the horizontal and vertical rulers.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
Title
Page Size
Page Orientation
Page Units

Sections

The following is the list of all possible section types:

• detail
• group-header
• group-footer
• report-header
• report-footer
• page-header-any
• page-header-even
• page-header-odd
• page-header-even
• page-header-first
• page-header-last
• page-footer-any
• page-footer-even
• page-footer-odd
• page-footer-even
• page-footer-first
• page-footer-last

Items

The following is the list of all built-in item types

• Label
• Field
• Text
• Image
• Check
• Line

The following is the list of all shipped item plugins

• Chart
• Barcode
• Web
• Map