Steps in the Process

These are the general steps in the process. The flowchart (Figure 1 in the section called Supporting Documentation) gives a graphical representation of the ideas here.

1. Client submits report request to report engine

• report definition selected

• default or multiple defined (or none)

• output defined (printer, file, webpublish, stream(print preview))

2. Report definition processed by report engine

• report definition read

• bizrules from report read

• calls to gedi(libgda) used to receive data

• data merged with specification of report definition

• resulting xml file/stream created

3. Notification returned to client

• if no default just returns job done

• if default then

• resulting xml file/stream run through jade/xslt

• desired format sent to output selected