Report Models

Reporting against an application is typically limited to the different published data models (table joins) within the application. SmartInsight recognizes this limitation, imposed by typical report writing solutions, and removes this barrier for business users. This allows for the easy displaying of different views and tables within the application by allowing users to create new views with relevant joins.

The reporting data model is used to create new reports, thus allowing the use of customer-created logical data model(s). Report models contain current entities available for looking up SmartSolve Data (these are the records the user typically sees under the Find menu such as Audits, Employees (Persons), Change Records for Documents, NCs, CAPAs, Complaints, etc.

When the SmartInsight designer creates a new report, a report model must be selected. The report will look for the selected model and feed all fields and controls in that SmartSolve record into the Data Model tab in the Design Panel. For example, when creating a report called Reportable Complaints, the report designer selects the Complaints Report Model in order to view all fields associated with the Complaint record under the Data Model tab in the Design Panel.

Report models are available to the report designer in the following ways:

Use Standard Report Models - These report models already exist within SmartInsight.
Create New Report Models - If none of the options above fulfill the report designer’s needs, the report designer can create new report models.

NOTE: Report models are universal and can only be configured by a user with QPS_SUPERVISOR rights logged into the Global organization.