koolreport How to use KoolReport in Yii2 framework?

Anybody has using KoolReport with YII2 (the last version of YII Framework)?

Mar 16 '18 19:03 JacquesMarques

I have installed it yesterday. So far so good. I'm using the advanced template and I have configured the reports to be displayed in the backend. In the simplest scenario steps are:

Install using composer
Create a folder to store the reports (in my case backend/reports)
Create the reports according to documentation, for example OperationsReport
In the desire action, create an instance of the report: $report = new OperationsReport();
Render the view: return $this->renderPartial('report', ['report' => $report]); I had to use renderPartial or the layout got a little bit messed up

Those steps should work, BUT, at least in my case, I didn't have the level of control I needed over the report. So, I now follow these steps:

Steps 1 to 3 are the same 4. Create the view file, for example: OperationsReport.view. In this view I can display charts, Configure table headers, etc. 5. In the desire action, create an instance of the report: $report = new OperationsReporte(); 6. Render the report: $report->run()->render();

One thing to note though, is that in this way, you have to modify your report file if you want to include bootstrap, jquery, etc:

class OperationsReport extends KoolReport { use \koolreport\clients\jQuery; use \koolreport\clients\Bootstrap; use \koolreport\clients\FontAwesome;

....

Also, you have to configure the assets array:

function settings() { return array( "assets"=>array( "path"=>"../web", "url"=>"../", ), ...

Otherwise you won't have styles applied.

I hope this helps.

Apr 20 '18 01:04 vihugarcia

Thanks Victor for your great answer.

Apr 21 '18 12:04 koolphp

I have installed it yesterday. So far so good. I'm using the advanced template and I have configured the reports to be displayed in the backend. In the simplest scenario steps are:

Install using composer

Create a folder to store the reports (in my case backend/reports)

Create the reports according to documentation, for example OperationsReport

In the desire action, create an instance of the report: $report = new OperationsReport();

Render the view: return $this->renderPartial('report', ['report' => $report]); I had to use renderPartial or the layout got a little bit messed up

Those steps should work, BUT, at least in my case, I didn't have the level of control I needed over the report. So, I now follow these steps:

Steps 1 to 3 are the same 4. Create the view file, for example: OperationsReport.view. In this view I can display charts, Configure table headers, etc. 5. In the desire action, create an instance of the report: $report = new OperationsReporte(); 6. Render the report: $report->run()->render();

One thing to note though, is that in this way, you have to modify your report file if you want to include bootstrap, jquery, etc:

class OperationsReport extends KoolReport { use \koolreport\clients\jQuery; use \koolreport\clients\Bootstrap; use \koolreport\clients\FontAwesome;

....

Also, you have to configure the assets array:

function settings() { return array( "assets"=>array( "path"=>"../web", "url"=>"../", ), ...

Otherwise you won't have styles applied.

I hope this helps.