There are two additional categories of forms, and
these are not associated directly with processes. These are
Administration forms and reports. Administration forms can contain
any fields that we can use on other forms, and will typically allow
us to either open other folders, for example, a dynamic query
displayed in a grid, or may perform some activity on submitting the
form. These give us the opportunity to add functionality to our
system without directly affecting the processes we have
designed.
Reports, on the other hand, will be used only to
generate lists of data from the system. In the report generator we
have full access to fields in order to allow users to set
parameters for queries, and we also have a full report generator,
including complex graphical elements.
Almost every possible report that you will need
can be generated from the built-in report generator. Results can be
exported in a number of very useful ways, making the report
generator even more powerful. You can export to Excel, PDF, HTML,
text or image.
There are also what are called custom lists which
allow a free format user-defined query on any business object. A
combination of these should give you everything you need in terms
of reporting and data export.
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