Reports and reporting

Report templates

The application comes with standard configured reports (pdf). These reports are XML-based and can be configured and reconfigured using the Infor Document Management MS Word plugin. These specific features are available as report templates:
  • Detailed reports

    Corresponding one element of a product like style information, style BOM, style measurements, and style images.

  • A list report

    Like a style status report, showing multiple style items.

  • Ability to add users, user groups, partners, and partner groups to the report

  • Create favorite reports, for example, combine multiple detailed reports into one favorite (tech) report

  • Ad hoc assembling of reports into one big report

  • Favorite reports can be created and define which favorites for what request type or subtype

  • Copy report templates and adjust the reports to your own layouts

The list of template reports are available:

For Style
  • Style

    • Style card, BOM, Measurement, sample pages, sample comments, BOO, Care and content

    • All image related ones, construction, images, colorway images, artwork, technical drawings, patterns, sketches, other images

  • Material and Trim

    Material card, trim card

  • List views

    • Product line overview

    • Status overview

Reports, tech packs, and specification packs

Generated reports like tech packs and collection overview are made and are automatically saved for a period of time that you configure. Report PDFs are created based on underlying reports and bundled into one PDF document at the end of the process.

Using the application, you can run these functions:

  • Create reports based on report templates

  • Create report favorites for quick use in flex query view, style, material, trim, or requests

  • Grant access rights to user groups that can generate specific reports

  • Generate reports using predefined standard report templates

Reporting using Flexible Query tool and Viewer (FQV)

Flex Query View, or FQV, is a tool that serves a number of purposes:

  • Allowing you to make “new views” through combining information from different info clusters on a style. It is a fast way to see information without having to make new Admin - Views forms.

  • Serving as a landing page for selections for generating reports

  • The information in FQV generates XML as basis for new reports

Created queries are stored and re-used easily. Making the queries is user-friendly.

  • Dynamic advanced filter

  • Selection of columns from different info clusters

  • Access rights for the report or query

  • Ability to select the colors as color pitches and style images

  • Export all to Excel

Current scope for FQV is Style and merge of Style BOM with Style material information.

Extracting Data using data from Data Lake

Data from style is stored in Data Lake. The data can be extracted using Compass JDBC to third party applications. Reports are made by the 3rd party application.

Extracting Data using ODATA

It is possible to extract data using the ODATA framework. In computing, Open Data Protocol is an open protocol that allows the creation and consumption of query able and interoperable REST APIs in a simple and standard way.