The sample report templates that ship with IBM® Alphablox include a variety of commonly used report types, typically encountered in most businesses. Although some of these samples may be useful as they exist, these templates can also be used to help you learn how to develop your own custom report templates.
| Sample Template | Directory Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive Present Blox |
InteractiveBlox |
Sample reports: Interactive Analysis |
| Sample Allocation |
SampleAllocation |
Sample reports: Sales by Store (Sales Analysis) |
| Sample Report |
SampleReport |
Sample reports: Sample Report (Sales Analysis) |
| Sample Trending |
SampleTrending |
Sample reports: Sales Trend by Region (Sales Analysis) |
| Sales Variance |
SampleVariance |
Sample reports: Sales Variance (Variance Analysis) |
| Interactive Variance |
VarianceQCC |
Sample reports: Ad-Hoc Variance Analysis (Variance Analysis) |
| Sample Report Blox |
SampleReportBlox |
Sample Report Blox template |
The sample templates will not address all of your particular user needs, but are useful for giving a jump start in learning about the power and flexibility of report templates as well as serving as great examples for learning how to code solutions for particular problems. While it is possible for you to deploy a copy of the sample Alphablox FastForward application with little modification, the power of the application framework and report templates is realized as you begin adding custom report templates tailored to your unique user needs. The next section explains how to create a simple report template.