Report types
When you add a report in the Reports Manager, a blank report is created with the default title New Report. To define the properties of the report, select the node and edit the information that is displayed. The settings that you enter depend on the report type.
This table describes the report types that are available.
| Report type | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Attachment | Shows an attachment that is stored in an IPS provider. See "Attachments" under "System Administration" in the Infor Public Sector User and Administration Library. |
Static attachment, not a true report. |
| Birst | Birst is Infor's business intelligence and analytics platform. See "Analytics for Birst" in the Infor Public Sector Installation and Technical Reference Library. |
For analytics. |
| Crystal Embedded | Crystal .rpt file that is displayed in the embedded Crystal Reports viewer in
Infor Public Sector. See "Crystal Reports Integration" in the Infor Public Sector Installation and Technical Reference Library. |
Third party reporting tool. For operational reporting or analytics. |
| Crystal Enterprise Server | A report that is stored and managed in Crystal Reports Server. See "Crystal Reports Integration" in the Infor Public Sector Installation and Technical Reference Library. |
Third party reporting tool. For operational reporting or analytics. |
| File System | Shows a specified file on the application server. | Static file, not a true report. |
| Formula | Creates a report based on a VB.NET formula. | For operational reporting. A formula report can be used to aggregate data that is not possible with other reporting types. It can be used within Map Drawer to generate reports based on spatial data. |
| IDM Document Output | Shows a simple single-field report from Infor Document Management. | For operational reporting. |
| Keyword | Keyword reports are generated by Infor Public Sector's
data export engine based on keywords that you define in the Keyword Manager. See "Correspondence" in the Infor Public Sector User and Administration Library. |
For operational reporting. |
| SSRS | Managed in SQL Server Reporting Services. | Third party reporting tool. For operational reporting or analytics. |
| URL Report | Calls any URL with dynamic parameters. | For operational reporting. |