Reports (tech packs) and reporting

Report templates

The application comes with standard configured PDF reports. These reports are XML-based and are configured and reconfigured using the Infor Document Management MS Word plug-in.

This table shows the specific features available as report templates:


Report type	Module	Feature
Detailed reports	Style	Style card, BOM, Measurement, sample pages, sample comments, BOO, and Care and content
Detailed reports	Style	All image related ones, construction, images, colorway images, artwork, technical drawings, patterns, sketches, and other images
Detailed reports	Material and Trim	Material card and trim card
List reports		Product line overview
List reports		Status overview

For each report, you can perform these actions:

Add users, user groups, partners, and partner groups to the report
Create favorite reports, for example, combine multiple detailed reports into one favorite tech pack report

Creating a specification or tech pack

A tech pack is a combination of single reports. Depending on the sample type, you can include several or fewer reports, either predefined on a favorite report or ad hoc.

Creating your own reports

You can create your own reports by copying a base report and optimizing the layout and colors with a Microsoft Word plugin.

Reports, tech packs, and specification packs

Generated reports such as tech packs and collection overview are made and 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:

Making 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.
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.
Generating XML by using the information in FQV as the basis for new reports.
Exporting to Excel > 50 rows.

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

You can use these features for queries:

Dynamic advanced filter.
Selection of columns or fields 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.
Enable reports to Suppliers. The suppliers can only see the products shared to them.

The current scope for FQV includes these info clusters:

Style
Materials
Trims

Extracting Data using data from Data Lake or API

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

Extracting Data using ODATA

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