Reporting from BRAHMS

Select the toolbar option to open the reporting form. From here, you can select report templates and use these to create reports. You can also create new report templates and edit existing ones.

Bear in mind that further reports can be created by using the various summary and calculate options available on most menus or by exporting data to Excel or elsewhere.

The main BRAHMS reporting form with options to add, edit report templates as well as import template samples. Reports can be viewed, printed (including to PDF files) or, in the case of text reports, sent to your word processor.

Using Visual Reports, you can produce standard curation lists, labels, loan forms and far more, including graphics and images as you wish. The Visual Reporter uses Visual FoxPro's native report designer. Reports are designed using a visual layout screen. Report items can be dragged around to position them on the template design surface. Graphics including lines, boxes, logos and other images can be included. To take advantage of the full potential of Visual Reporting, you can access further resources on the internet - including books on the subject. These reports are usually created for either viewing or printing directly from BRAHMS.

Using Text Reporting, data can be gathered from all corners of your database and formatted into HTML marked up text ready to send as text to your word processor. Text reporting provides you with the ultimate control over your data and is used to produce more complex outputs including checklist and monograph outputs.

Using Quick summaries, data can be 'dumped' in raw format to a .TXT file.

When you design a report - this is saved as a 'report template'. The tempate is associated with a specific BRAHMS module (e.g. Collection extract file), is named and registered in your reports library. Once designed, you can then use the template to produce reports from this module. If necessary, you can modify this template to adjust the reporting output - or you may choose to keep the template and design another. You can design and register as many report templates as you wish.

For example you might want to print labels from collection RDE files. In this case, a (visual) report template would be created and associated with collection RDE files. The same template can be used repeatedly to produce labels from your RDE files. You may want to design several RDE reporting templates for labels and lists.

There is overlap in the types of outputs that can be created by Visual and Text reporting. In many cases, the same report could be produced from either. They do however operate in a different way and the report template design processes are separate.