Create a drag-and-drop report and have the ability to export it #22357
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Summary
Let's say I have a database for students, professors, classes, subjects, exams, scores, attendance, etc.
I want to be able to automate the process of generating a report for each student that:
Then I want to be able to export that report into a PDF or Excel sheet.
Finally, I should have the ability to provide parameters to the report (ex: date range, student ID, ...) and the report will calculate accordingly.
The requested feature is not for this exact use case (that's just an example). The feature request is more of a data visualization tool embedded into the system.
Basic Example
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Motivation
In order to achieve this use case, I had to explore data visualization solutions (Microsoft Power BI, Google Data Studio, Apache Superset, ...) which require a steep learning curve in order to reach the result of having one report page.
I believe having a simplified version of these systems integrated into Directus will add great value to it.
Detailed Design
The main object will be "Report". It has:
Requirements List
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Drawbacks
I believe it is quite complex to implement, and I'm not sure if such a use case is very common.
Alternatives
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Adoption Strategy
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Unresolved Questions
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