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Element reports
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3.2Data Source
Most of the formatting options in eaDocX are designed to let you print the contents of your EA model based on its package structure.
The Element Report feature lets you cut across the package structure, and gather elements from anywhere in the model, and list them, either as a table or inline. This is useful for collecting all the instances of an EA element together, regardless of where those elements appear, for example, all the ‘issues’ you’ve created.
Element Reports are also useful to check on the completeness of your model, or to find new elements created after a particular date.
Element Report Types
You can print four types of element report:
Package-based reports – These print all the elements of a particular type which are underneath a specified package, regardless of where they are in the hierarchy of that package.
EA Model Search Reports – these print the results of running an EA Model Search.
Custom SQL Queries – which allow you to create any query, with any selection of output columns, direct from the EA Database.
Cross-reference reports – these can list all the elements of a particular type which are mentioned elsewhere in your document.
You can also apply filters to Package- and Cross-reference reports.
Adding a Report
To add an element report Section to your document, select Insert | Report | Element report.
The Element Report page
Each time the document is re-generated, the report will be run against the current contents of the EA model.
Tip: If you cancel while creating this report, eaDocX will default to creating an empty Section.