[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** ***SPAM*** Re: Evergreen ReportsModule

[George Tuttle]

Is there any other way to share a template besides an export/import
mechanism or communicating in SQL? 

George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
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gtuttle at prlib.org

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Dan
Scott
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:16 AM
To: Karen Hutchison; Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** ***SPAM*** Re: Evergreen
ReportsModule

On 2 March 2010 07:41, Karen Hutchison <khutchison at pcad.edu> wrote:
>  Hello All,
>
> All though I am only in the research process in choosing a new ILS system
[I
> do not currently use Evergreen, but it is a consideration], I must say
that
> the report options are very important in the decision making process.  I
> agree %100, that some canned reports can make the process more productive
at
> times (especially in institutions where staff wears many hats), but the
> option to create individualize reports is just as important.  So I guess
> what I am saying is the BOTH options would be a perfect world in the
report
> writing world.
>

To be clear for those who are unfamiliar with reporting in Evergreen,
the reports mechanism in Evergreen does support both canned reports
and templates where you can fill in variables for customized reports.
And one can always clone a canned report and remove some of the preset
filter variables to turn it into a new template.

The only piece that is missing, based on my reading of the discussion
in the area of canned reports / templates, is the ability to export
and import report templates from one Evergreen system to another - and
then, assuming that functionality gets added, we would need some sort
of community process to decide which templates to add into a base
install.