The C:\Datacap\RV2\reports.xml file
contains a list of the available report types that are displayed in
RV2. When you create a new report type, you must add the report type
to this file.
To configure the reports.xml file:
- Open the file C:\Datacap\RV2\reports.xml in
a text editor.
Each entry in the <k name="reports"> section
defines an available report type.
- name="report" Indicates that
the report is displayed
- name="disabled" Indicates that
the report is not displayed
- Add an entry for your new custom report. Copy one of the
existing entries and then change the v attribute
to match the name that you specified in the Report wizard. In this
example, the new report is called MyCustomVerify.
The entry looks like the following example:
<k
name="report" v="MyCustomReport" key="tmengine:cs" dbtype="0" />
- The key attribute specifies the key name that
is used to identify the engine database connection string in the application
configuration file. For Taskmaster 8
installations, the key attribute is tmengine:cs.
The actual connection string is the one that is specified on the Taskmaster tab in the Application
Service Configuration utility, for example, PROVIDER=MSACCESS;DSN=C:\Datacap\APT\APTEng.mdb;.
- The dbtype attribute specifies the database type,
where 0=Access, 1=SQL, and 2=Oracle. Confirm that you specify the
correct database type; Otherwise, filtering by date does not work.
Oracle uses the to_char and to_date functions,
while SQL and Microsoft Access
use the DatePart function. Microsoft Access encloses date values between # symbols,
while SQL and Oracle use single quotation marks.
- If the report is for a specific application, add the attribute app="application_name" to
the report string. For example, <k name="report"
v="MyCustomReport" key="tmengine:cs" dbtype="0" app="APT"/>
If
you do not add an app attribute, the report is available
for all applications. You can have multiple entries for the same report
where the app type is different for each entry. For
example:
<k name="report" v="MyCustomReport" key="tmengine:cs"
dbtype="0" app="APT"/>
<k name="report"
v="MyCustomReport" key="tmengine:cs" dbtype="0" app="MyApp"/>
- Save and close reports.xml.
