Extension Report Infrastructure


Extension Basics

Title
Report Infrastructure
Name
ckanext-report
Type
Public extension
Description
Comprehensive reporting framework with customizable reports, analytics, and administrative dashboards.
CKAN versions
Download-Url (zip)
Download-Url commit date
2020-04-25
Url to repo
Category
Data Management & Quality


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The Report Infrastructure extension provides a powerful framework for creating, managing, and displaying comprehensive reports within CKAN, offering flexible reporting capabilities with customizable templates, automated report generation, and detailed analytics for data portal administration and monitoring. This essential extension enables creation of various report types including dataset statistics, user activity analytics, organization performance metrics, data quality assessments, and custom business intelligence reports tailored to specific organizational needs. The system supports both scheduled automated reports and on-demand report generation with configurable parameters, date ranges, and filtering options. Advanced features include interactive report dashboards, data visualization components with charts and graphs, export capabilities to multiple formats (PDF, CSV, Excel), and email delivery for automated report distribution. The extension provides template-based report creation with customizable layouts, branding options, and dynamic content generation based on real-time data queries. Administrative tools include report scheduling management, user access controls, and comprehensive report history with version tracking. Integration capabilities extend to external analytics systems, business intelligence platforms, and notification services for automated report delivery. The system supports multi-tenancy with organization-specific reporting, role-based report access, and customizable report categories for different user groups. Performance optimizations include report caching, background processing for large reports, and efficient data aggregation for complex analytics. Essential for data portals requiring comprehensive analytics, government agencies needing transparency reporting, organizations implementing data governance monitoring, and installations where detailed insights, performance tracking, and administrative oversight are critical for effective data portal management and strategic decision-making.

Version
Latest
Version release date
2020-04-25
Contact name
Datopian Team
Contakt email
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Installation Guide

Configuration hints

Provides comprehensive reporting framework with customizable templates

Plugins to configure (ckan.ini)
report tagless_report
CKAN Settings (ckan.ini)
# ckanext.report.cache_enabled = true # ckanext.report.cache_timeout = 3600 # ckanext.report.email_notifications = true # ckanext.report.default_format = html # ckanext.report.max_records = 10000 # ckanext.report.background_processing = true
DB migration to be executed
report initdb
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