Hi all, Please keep in mind that the suggested way to edit a report is to use the top menu Customer > HTML Editor. The inline edition works on most use cases but may not be perfect for complex editing (like adding a <td> for sale order lines).
Thanks, On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Joël Grand-Guillaume < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > > First of all, thanks for publishing that before it get out, it's very much > appreciated :) I found the possibility to edit a report and that it'll > change the object behind very interesting. The salesman will work on the > report and the information will be saved in the SO => that's smart ! > > After a first try on my side, some found bugs: > > * Print a SO as html, edit the line description and make it bold. Save > and wait for refresh => it return to normal and should keep the formatting. > The same is valide for all kind of formatting (italic, align :center, ... > > * No possible way to setup bullet point correctly. If I edit a line > description of a SO and chose the bullet point icon, the bullet point > appear everywhere on my SO and not just for the selected part. > > A part from those bugs, I see a quite big issue without really knowing > how to solve it: > > * When I edit a report, I edit both the template and the current SO (e.g. > SO00007). I don't know which of my modifications will appear on all reports > and which will only apply on my current editing SO. > > That is a problem. Wee need to know which part we're editing : the > template of all SO, or only this SO ?! In term of right management as well, > I want my salesman to print good SO for my customer, but I don't want them > to change my template layout... > > I don't know how, but I strongly suggest : > > * to have various level of editing possibility related to the user's > right: an admin will be able to edit the template where a salesman will > only edit the current SO > * to have a visual way to identify what belong to the template and what > belong to the current report while editing > * If it is not possible, better to ensure all the modification are only > for the current report to save headache to people ;) > > Keep up the good work ! > > > Regards, > > Joël > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Simon Lejeune <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> I'm working on the reporting part of OpenERP and i need your help. I'm >> now at a development phase where mass testing of this feature can be >> (really) appreciable. >> >> Big idea is that the reports are now complete webpages, so they are >> customizable using html code. Inside your html code, you can use a simple >> 'magic' syntax to display fields of a browse record, etc. I encourage you >> to check the sale order report for a speaking sample. >> >> The first thing you'll see when testing the sale order is a pdf result. >> How can you modify it ? by displaying the html version of this report. Two >> way of doing this: >> 1) activate the technical feature and go to settings > reportings > >> reports > search for sale.order and replace report's type from 'qweb-pdf' >> to 'qweb-html'. >> 2) just edit the url from /report/pdf/report/sale.report_saleorder/7 to >> /report/sale.report_saleorder/7 >> >> I think you now get the idea : qweb-pdf is the printed qweb-html. >> >> To customize the pdf result you can set paperformat records in >> settings>technical>reporting>Paper Format and set one by default on your >> company and/or explicitely associate a report to a paper format. You can >> define dpi, margin-top etc on them. >> >> Known issues: >> Header and footer of the resulting pdf: you have to define your header in >> a <reportheader> tag and footer in a <reportfooter> one. But the secund >> thing to define is the margin of your header ; if you put text or image too >> big to be displayed under this margin, then you will have some hidden text >> or even a crash of the pdf engine. >> >> Beware that if you use the internal/external layouts that i have set, >> there is a data-report-margin-top attribute on the html root tag that is >> prioritized over the margin-top set in paperformat. So it is this >> margin-top that you must edit! >> >> Notes: >> - Branch is named 'trunk-qweb-report' and is available at >> http://runbot.openerp.com/. >> today's branch is http://trunk-qweb-report-28555-all.runbot.openerp.com/ >> - 'website' module is mandatory to dislay the reports. So, either you use >> 'all addons' when connecting to the branch on runbot or you install >> 'website' module on base-install. >> - It's not possible to directly access the xml code of views (webpages) >> from the reporting > reports menu. If you want to edit it, just use the >> html view of the page. To access the views: technical > user interface > >> views. >> >> I'm sure you all know that the report engine is a tricky part of any >> software, so please be patient as it's likely to be buggy at start. >> That's also why your help and feedback are appreciated. >> >> Feedbacks can contain: >> - traceback (critic issue) >> - no traceback but the datas shown are wrong (critic issue) >> - ugly reports/ulgy html code >> - ideas to simplify this module >> - wanted new features or comments >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Simon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > > > *camptocamp* > INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS > BY OPEN SOURCE EXPERTS > > *Joël Grand-Guillaume* > Division Manager > Business Solutions > > +41 21 619 10 28 > www.camptocamp.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openerp-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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