Report to HTML format or Plain Text

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October 18, 2012 19:44

It is possible to export a report to HTML format or Plain Text? 

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  Permanently deleted user

  October 19, 2012 06:34

  Hi Gord,

  We don't have the option to export a Print Template or Layer Report as HTML or text directly from Essentials, but you can do it in Workflow.

  The "Template Report" activity accepts a URI (path) to an RPX file and a DataSet and creates a byte array with the results (since they're usually binary).  So, the following sequence (in Workflow) will work to generate HTML or text:

  1. Obtain a FeatureSet somehow, by running a query task or otherwise getting the data we're interested in.
  2. Use FeatureSetToDataTable and AddToDataSet activities to convert your FeatureSet into a DataSet.
  3. Use the TemplateReport activity to generate the raw output.  Geocortex.Reporting.ReportFormat.Html and Geocortex.Reporting.ReportFormat.Text are valid here.
  4. Create a System.Text.Encoding variable (e.g. enc ) and assign it a default value of "new System.Text.UTF8Encoding"
  5. Assign the results of enc.GetString(bytes) to a string in workflow.

  Now you have a string that is either HTML or text content, which you can output to a temp file or otherwise deal with in workflow.

  Regards,

  -Malcolm

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