Configuring your DataSource

Now that you have a view it's time to configure your data source. A data source provides access to the data contained in the view. We are not concerned with presentation at this point, however, we can define column behaviours and output formats.

Configuring a Data Source

When configuring a data source you define two fields:

Field	Description

Field	Description
Name	The name of the data source that you will reference when creating reports and invoices
View Name	The database view that the data source will use

Columns

You will notice that each column in the view is now available via the data source. You will see the name, datatype, visibility status, and whether or not the column can be used to group the data. Each column has the following properties:

Column	Description

Column	Description
Name	The column name for reporting purposes
Is Groupable	Indicates if the data can be grouped using the column
Visible	Indicates if the column will be visible to the report/invoice. Please note: you can select which columns to present at the report/invoice level.
Type	A static property indicating the datatype of the column
Alignment	Indicates how the row data for the column should be aligned. Possible values are: left, center, and right. By default number data types are right-aligned while others are left-aligned.
Date/Time Format	If the datatype is Date/Time, you can specify the format here
Sample	A sample of the output format for a Date/Time