Report builder: Insert value from a listbox

4 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder: Plugins & Add-ons
Last Post: July 4, 2019   (RSS)

By andreasml - June 27, 2019 - edited: June 28, 2019

Hello,

I am using the Report Builder plugin.

I have made a report which turns out the values of "surname" and "name" fields from the section "aortic_aneurysm_disease", where the "hospital" field will be "Athens Hospital". I have written the following querry and it works fine. 

SELECT
    surname, name
FROM `<?php echo $TABLE_PREFIX ?>aortic_aneurysm_disease`
WHERE hospital='Athens Hospital'
LIMIT 1000

However, when I need to search for the same fields ("surname" and "name") from another hospital, I have to create a new report. 

Question: is there a way to have a single report in which users will insert the value they want for the field "hospital" (in a text-field), or even choose from a list-box with pre-specified values for the specific field "hospital", and the report will give these fields ("surname" and "name") from this specific hospital?

Kind regards,

Andreas Lazaris

By Toledoh - June 30, 2019

I have a similar question, I'd like to be able to build a simple form that identifies the WHERE aspect of the report.

Where Andreas is wanting to add a WHERE hospital = $variable, I'd like to be able to choose a date range, or similar.

I notice in the plugin there's commented PHP with " // parse form input" - is this something that can be extended in the plugin? 

Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

By Dave - July 4, 2019

And just noticed, you can also use HTML and PHP in the Description field.  So you could have a list of hospital links there or try adding a pulldown.  

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com