Report Viewer 2017 Updates

Report Viewer 191

Release Details

  • Released October 31, 2017

New Features

Date Report Helpers Enhanced (931)

The formatDate and formatDateTime report helpers now support the following functions:

  • min – inserts the earliest date/time entry for a collection of items.

  • max – inserts the latest date/time entry for a collection of items.

Refer to the Report Helpers article for more information.

sort Report Helper Enhanced (934)

The sort helper now supports the following iteration variables:

Option Description

@first

Returns TRUE for the first item in a list.

@last

Returns TRUE for the last item in a list.

Refer to the Report Helpers article for more information.

Bug Fixes

# Area Description

1002

Report Helpers

The @root variable didn’t work for the if helper.

1014

Report Preview → PDF Reports

Report previews in FieldFX Back Office didn’t match previews of the same reports in FieldFX Mobile.

1034

Report Helpers

Reports didn’t load if they featured an if helper that used a subexpression.

1038

Report Preview → PDF Reports

Blank spaces displayed on reports if they featured <imageCapture> elements.

1039

Report Preview → PDF Reports

Inaccurate previews of PDF reports displayed.

5220

Report Preview → PDF Reports

Borders and colors didn’t display correctly.

Report Viewer 181

Release Details

  • Released June 22, 2017

New Features

PDF Reports Now Available (869)

PDF reports give you the ability to generate a report as a native PDF document instead of HTML.

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By taking advantage of this exciting new feature, you can improve the overall formatting and quality of reports by using repeating headers and footers along with pagination and many other advanced formatting options.

Refer to the PDF Report Setup article for instructions on how to set up PDF reports.

Bug Fixes

# Area Description

773

Report Helpers

The maxSize setting for the captureImage helper didn’t work.

808

General

Reports were attached to records with a blank ContentType.

890

Report Helpers

The formatPercent helper didn’t insert zero values correctly.