Best practices for Creating Reports

 

 Best Practices for Appian developers

Appian best practices are like a check list, use these checklists at different stages of your development cycle as described to ensure application success and reduce technical risk. Each section provides guidance for when and how often you should use these.

8.Best practices for Creating Reports :-

1.Keep Report Names Simple and Concise.

2.Configure proper security for tempo reports.

3.Limit the Number of Series Values and Categories.

4.Limit the Number of Chart SAIL Components on the UI.

5.Limit Queries to External Databases (not more than 3) as it affects the performance of the reports.

6.Use Query entities for querying external DB.

7.Use Appropriate Column Layouts for Report Content.

8.Keep Chart Labels Short.

9.Minimize the Number of Chart Series and Categories.

10.Limit the Number of Grid Columns and Keep Text Short.

11.Accessible Reports Must Provide a Plain-Text Representation of Data.

12.Configure relevant constants, interfaces and expression rules for tempo report design.