Mobi Server Reports

Server reports are Crystal reports that are generated through Moveware and then synced back as a finished report to Mobi. The benefits are that there are no restrictions in terms of formatting or logic that can be built into them. The limitations of these reports are that they require a bit of set up to create the Crystal report and the Mobi users needs to do a full sync back to Moveware before generating the report otherwise they risk not displaying the most recent data.

We generally recommend using local reports instead of server reports for the ease of the user but there may be cases where a server report is needed. To set a server report so that it can be generated in Mobi:

1. Ensure a Crystal report has been set up in Moveware. If this has not been set up, please contact your Moveware Support Team to get this set up before continuing on.

2. Navigate to the Administration > System Set Up > Report Configuration. Search for the Crystal report you want to make available for Mobi and select it.

3. Next, add a filter called “mobi”. This will make the report appear visible in Mobi.

Server Report Parameters:

Certain Crystal reports will require parameters to be passed from Moveware to Crystal so that it can generate the report based on a specific record. For example, the Job# is passed into the Crystal report so that the report prints Job specific details. When running a server report from Mobi, these parameters need to be added to the “Help” field in order for Mobi to pass these details to Crystal. Mobi can pass the following parameters into Crystal reports.

1. RPID (Unique Job ID)- Used for Job specific reports

2. DDID (Unique Diary Action ID) – Used for diary action specific reports.

3. OBJID (Unique Object ID) – Used for Object specific reports

Please note: once a report is set up with a RPID/DDID parameter, the report will not load unless a Job/Diary Action has been selected in Mobi.

Crystal Report QR Codes:

If the Server report needs QR codes, these can be set up by adding the following report filters in the report configuration:

If an inventory item specific QR code filter is added, a folder called QRCodes will be made in the Job folder and a QR code for each actual inventory item will generate in the format:

Job Number + ‘-‘ + Inventory No or Inventory Barcode (QRCodesInventoryTag or QRCodesInventoryBarcode).

For Moveware administrators editing the Crystal report, the location of the QR code is stored in reminvent.ri-sparechar1[7].

If an Object specific QR code filter is added, the QR code will be generated in the object’s folder with just the object’s reference number. The location of this QR code gets stored in inventory.in-sparechar1[7].