Re: Report API and Catalog

The one thing I didn't understand is how input data was mapped to the
various programs (in potentially a dynamic fashion). So for instance let's
say a HighSchool teacher wanted a listing of all students with a grade A
average or better for the honor roll, she would want to enter a date range,
maybe a class level (freshman, sophomore, etc), and the grade level to
include (i.e. A and above).

What I have found in open source report tooling is that the power of the
tool is it's ability to have reports built by a power user that have
dynamic-ness built in (i.e. criteria fields).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

http://www.radile.com/rdweb/temp/rpt/rptapi.html

I put together a few screen shots, code samples, and brief explanations
of the project I'm working on which pairs a programming interface with a
user interface for generating and working with reports in a catalog.
It's still very much a work in progress so any feedback would be
helpful.

Although I plan on adding some features for interactive and ad-hoc
reporting, the system is geared more toward maintaining a catalog of
reports run in batch settings such as invoice or statement generation.

Aside from any helpful feedback that I may receive, another motivation
for sharing this is to spotlight IBM i centric innovations which may
inspire confidence in the platform, and particularly in the use of
native languages and programming interfaces to implement modern
solutions.

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Nathan M. Andelin
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