Reporting module

[dgrudinin]

Required to solve different documents and reports generation tasks. Integration must be done as separate module, but must be integrated with core functions.

General requirements:

• Cross-platform
• Open-source

Requirements:

1. At CardView and GridView must be standard reporting feature interface, allowing reporting modules integrate with any entity in any module of application. If any reports exists for current entity, CardView and GridView must show control element, giving ablility to render any report, allowed by permission model.
2. Reporting module must be registered in application via composer. If it is enabled, it must add module administration interface and register it's permissions in ACL registry.
3. Each report can be allowed or restricted to user by set of rules, or registered as a separate object inside ACL. But not all reports must be registered in ACL, only that specified by administrator.
4. Reports must be allowed to be grouped into linear groups list.
5. Reports must be separated into two system types:

• Context reports - reports, which can be generated for specified entity.
• General reports - reports, which can be generated using central reporting interface.

Candidates on reporting engine:

• JasperReports
• ?