Report template

The report template is a file in .frx of the FastReport .NET report generator (.xml file with a specific structure).

FastReport Cloud processes the .frx and gets meta information from the report.

Properties

In addition to the main file properties the report template stores ReportInfo meta-information.

  1. ReportInfo — information from .frx.
    1. Author — the author of the template. Display name
    2. Created — date and time when the template was created.
    3. CreatorVersion — FastReport .NET version in which the template was created.
    4. Description — description of the template.
    5. Modified — date and time when the template was last edited.
    6. Name — the name of the template.
    7. Picture — thumbnail, screenshot, template preview.
    8. PreviewPictureRatio — thumbnail scaling factor from 0 to 1.
    9. SaveMode — report saving mode, used by FastReport .NET desktop designer.
    10. SavePreviewPicture — indicates whether the thumbnail will be saved when saving the report.
    11. Tag — any additional information.
    12. Version — version of the template.

Creating a new template

There are following ways to create or modify report templates:

  1. Using the FastReport Cloud user panel, you can both create and edit templates.
  2. Using the FastReport .NET designer.
  3. Using the free version of the FastReport Community designer.

To edit a template on a computer, you will first have to download it, modify it using the designer, and then upload it back to the cloud. In this case, the template will have a different identifier. When editing a report template in the online designer the template identifier will be saved, so you don’t need to update the identifier in your applications.

Building a report

Inside FastReport Cloud, there is a builder based on FastReport .NET Core that allows you to generate reports (.fpx) from templates. Building one report cannot exceed 15 minutes (for security reasons).

Also, according to the report template, you can build a report in other formats without saving the prepared report.

User permissions

User permissions are common to all file types. The list is available in the file storage section.