- The new Ad Hoc plugin is incompatible with some previous features:
- Previous Ad Hoc layouts are no longer functional anymore and are replaced by Themes and Components.
- Previous Data Views are converted to Data Templates in a one-time operation.
- Previously saved Ad Hoc reports with the extension
.adhocsaveare migrated when they are opened. However, not all previous elements can be migrated.
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The following information is derived from the plugin description.
The Ad Hoc application is an intuitive reporting solution that enables users to generate meaningful reports from various data sources on the server.
It utilizes predefined data templates for easy reuse of existing data configurations, and its visual style can be customized through themes to match style guides and create visually appealing reports.
The tool offers a flexible and extensible approach to report creation, supporting multiple components including tables, charts, and crosstabs. It features real-time responsiveness to interface changes, making it highly intuitive to use. It supports both simple reports with basic data points and complex reports with multiple analytical components, enabling users to quickly generate insights and conduct detailed analyses.
Reports can be easily created from scratch or opened from the Drive application or local file system and also saved back to these locations. Ad Hoc supports various export formats and sharing capabilities, facilitating the distribution of reports to other users with appropriate permissions.
Migration Information
Changelog Information
- The uploading of *.xlsx files is supported.
- Columns of type time are supported.
- Method getColumn() from class com.inet.report.adhoc.server.api.dataview.DataFilter.DataFilterEntry has been renamed to getColumnKey()
- The "Plotly Javascript" library that was used to render charts has been replaced by "Apache ECharts".
- Chart theme settings no longer support underline font style for the title.
- Public API's class DataField has been moved from package "com.inet.report.adhoc.server.api.renderer.chart.model" to "com.inet.report.adhoc.server.api.renderer".
- The size of the margins depends on the selected paper format, in order to ensure better display, especially for small formats.
- Added predefined dataviews returning the data for users and groups of the product.
- Added support for AI assistance.
- This is the first version of the new Ad Hoc plugin with a new concept. It is easier to use and comes with many new features.
- The new concept is based up on components that can be added to an Ad Hoc report. Initially these are: Charts, Tables and Crosstabs.
- You can choose Themes and Layouts for the components. While Layouts include standards such as DIN and Web layouts, Themes can be created and customized in the Configuration application.
- When creating Themes, each component can be customized.
- Existing data sources can be used in a simplified user interface to select data from. Additionally,
JSON,XML, andCSVare also supported and can be uploaded from the client or selected from the Drive. - There is a new Ad Hoc section in the Configuration application for creating data templates, which are presets. You define, which data source should to use, which tables to join and which fields are part of this template. Then you can predefine, which fields should be set for a component, so that a user simply selects the data template and gets a component populated with data right out of the box.
- Ad Hoc is connected to Drive and integrated into Task Planner. In addition, Ad Hoc files can be saved and loaded from the local file system, if the client supports this feature (currently Chrome, Brave and Edge).
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