Hi Mike!

> I am researching report programs for Python and haven't been able to find
> anything that works for my current project. I have attached a mockup of a
> current report we do with Crystal Reports, but we don't want to reply on
> that program and it doesn't do everything we want.

The list software strips attachments. You could open a trac ticket at:

http://trac.dabodev.com

You'll first need to register (easy). Make it a ticket-type of 'discussion'. 
Then 
attach whatever you want to the ticket.


> Anyway, the Earnings and Deductions columns come from different tables.
> There are also several fields that come from one or more other tables. Does
> the Dabo Report Designer support multiple table/database queries for data
> sources? The video doesn't really show one way or the other. Thanks!

Unlike Crystal, Dabo's report design is completely disconnected from data. 
Nowhere in 
the rfxml file is there a reference to data source or the like.

Here's what the runtime report writer expects to produce a report:

1) a report design (rfxml file as designed in the report designer)
2) a single data 'cursor'.

A cursor is defined as a sequence of dicts of fieldname:fieldvalue pairs.

So your code will need to flatten the data into this single cursor before 
sending it 
to the report writer at runtime.

So the answer is a qualified 'yes'.

Paul



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