Reports/Forms - Introduction

PhreeBooks has a built in report/form generator to build, edit and customize various reports and forms.

Reports

Reports are defined as database searches presented in list formats. A report consists of a header section, body, and footer. The header section contains the company name, report name, two lines of report information and the filter criteria. the body contains from one to eight columns of information, with each column containing one or more query results. the footer contain page numbering information. Reports are not bound to a single page as forms.

Forms

Forms contain a pre-formatted layout filled with database information. Invoices, packing slips bank chedcks and purchase orders are examples of forms. Forms can exceed a single page if the data block information exceeds the space allocated. Purchase orders and invoices are examples of multi-page forms.