Overview of Infinity Reports
Reports enable us to deliver data to a user with consistent data retrieval and formatting. Two main files are necessary to deliver an Infinity report:
You have many ways to display data in Infinity, and reports should be used for pre-defined, self-contained displays of analytical data in tabular or graphic format for printing and/or exporting.
It is also possible to create report models through the application's user interface with Report Model Generator in the Analysis functional area. For more information, see the Manage Reports chapter of the Reports and KPIs Guide at Blackbaud CRM User Guides. This chapter describes the Report Model Generator and Report Explorer features that you can use together with Report Builder to create advanced reports.
For information about how to create a report based on an ad-hoc query, see the Query and Export Guide at Blackbaud CRM User Guides. You can do this through the application's user interface without directly touching the Infinity SDK or Microsoft's Report Builder.
Note: Web Shell Readiness Alert. While a feature that utilizes a FormUIComponent element in the spec works in the ClickOnce Smart Client, the presence of the FormUIComponent element signifies that a conversion is necessary to view the feature in the Web Shell. A UI Model must be generated for the form field parameters before the feature will work in the Web Shell user interface. At a high level, a conversion is accomplished by first generating a UI Model and replacing the FormUIComponent element with the WebUIComponent element. For more information, see User Interface, Frequently Asked Questions, and Features that Require a Conversion to Webshell.