[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Reporter documentation suggestion

[Andrea Buntz Neiman]

Thanks Benjamin - this is a helpful suggestion! Jane and I will be
reviewing some other docs things tomorrow, and I'll add this to the list.

Andrea

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:17 PM Murphy, Benjamin <Benjamin.Murphy at ncdcr.gov>
wrote:

> On this page:
>
> http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/3.2/reporter_creating_templates.html
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>
>
> Is the unhelpful phrase:
>
> The Enable source nullability checkbox below the sources list is for
> advanced reporting and should be left unchecked by default.
>
>
>
> I would suggest something along the lines of this following that
> statement. (Taken from a response posted on IRC)
>
>
>
> "Child nullable" forces a left join, meaning that you bring back rows from
> the table on the "left" side of the join (the "parent")
>
> "Parent nullable" is a right join where you bring back rows on the "right"
> side of the join even if there's nothing on the left
>
> "Default" means "do whatever you would have done if I hadn't clicked on
> "Nullability"", which may be inner, left, or right, depending on how the
> sources are defined in the fieldmapper file"
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