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Alter Reports 1.2.2

Tons of new features including auto-emailing reports by cronjob link:

  • Fix/Feature: hidden columns were not searched if search is enabled.
  • Feature: new setting 'Print All Rows' allows to load all rows for print layouts.
  • Feature: new setting 'Include Subcategories' for Category Layout allows to include reports from child categories.
  • Feature: separated 'Footer Value Precision' and 'Footer PHP Processor' column settings for each format.
  • Feature: 'Number Format' setting for XLS format of column footer.
  • Feature: 'Cell Padding' and 'Cell Spacing' settings for tables.
  • Feature: new setting 'Preserve Filter Values' for frontend and backend views allows to keep selected filter options during user session (enabled by default).
  • Feature: new filter setting 'Translate Options' for dropdown, checkbox and radio filters.
  • Feature: new setting 'Prepare Content' for Frontend View, Backend View and PDF formats allows to prepare HTML output of report with Joomla content plugins.
  • Feature: new setting 'Download All Records' for each downloadable format - enabled by default, it helps to either download all records of a report or only currently displayed records.
  • Feature: 'Show Title' and 'Show Description' options for PDF view.
  • Feature: new footer type 'Value - SQL' helps to display footer value by custom query.
  • Feature: ability to email reports via special link (great feature to receive reports scheduled by a cronjob) - check new Email tab of report settings.

Currently accepted new features for further development (I really hope to see them ready in 2015):

  • Report import/export in XML (not data but a report with all settings itself).
  • Columns filters: display a drop-down filter with pre-defined values (or values loaded via SQL) below column heading.
  • Edit/create rows functionality: you can define a field of certain type with tons of settings for each column, next it's possible to edit report row and add new records.