Dynamic Cell Colors in Reports

Dynamic Cell Colors

Improve your reports with Dynamic Cell Colors. Calculated at runtime, you can vary the cell color of your report tables, making them deliver even more value faster.

This is great for regulatory reporting as well as a quick visual history of when values were in or out of acceptable ranges.

Have you ever wished you could quickly spot areas that need attention in the shift report? Now you can!

Spend more time fixing issues and celebrating wins instead of staring at numbers trying to figure out what is great, or not-so-great, about that last run.

How to use

Creating Callback Method

Table cells can be dynamically colored by using the input parameters of the Callback Method. You can filter tables by ColumnName and Rows.

To use this feature, you will need to add a callback method in the ClientMain class that is called every time the DataGrid is modified.

The function has the following syntax:

public void OnReportCustomTableCell(string reportName, string columnName, System.Data.DataRow row, System.Windows.Documents.TableCell tableCell)
{
// Insert Code Here
}

In this example, we will add the following table to our report:

Callback Method Usage

The code below shows an example of how this feature can be implemented.

public void OnReportCustomTableCell(string reportName, string columnName, System.Data.DataRow row, System.Windows.Documents.TableCell tableCell)
{
if (columnName == "Age")
{
if (TConvert.To<int>(row["Age"]) == 40) 
tableCell.Background = Brushes.Red;

else if (TConvert.To<int>(row["Age"]) < 30) 
tableCell.Background = Brushes.Yellow;

else
tableCell.Background = Brushes.Green;
}

if (row["Country"].ToString() == "Brazil") 
tableCell.Background = Brushes.Coral;
}

The result achieved by the example code is presented in the image below.

The new colored DataGrid is added into the report following the same logic as before.

Report with Colored DataGrid

Insert a table with the correct number of columns and only TWO rows. In the first column, write the text that will be the column name in the printed report.

In the second column, write the correct column name that is in the database.

Additional Information

Since the callback function is placed into the ClientMain class, the reports containing DataGrids will only be colored if the report is being saved by one of the following methods:

• Using the SaveCommandAsync method in CodeBehind of a Display
• Using the SaveCommandAsync method inside a script created  at Scripts -> Tasks with Client Domain
• Using a tag in the report SaveTrigger column at Reports → Forms

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