The report designer is a PHP component, StiDesigner, designed for creating reports and dashboards in a browser window on any computer with any operating system installed. The designer features a modern interface, various themes, a wide selection of professionally prepared report and dashboard templates, report wizards, and numerous components for building reports and dashboards of nearly any complexity.

 

The designer includes a convenient preview mode within the built-in viewer, significantly speeding up the report development process. The functionality of the built-in viewer is almost identical to that of the standalone component, which is covered in more detail in the Report Viewer section.

 

The designer interface is built using HTML5, allowing it to run on virtually any modern platform. The component uses AJAX technology to perform all actions (loading and building reports, connecting to data, working with components and their settings, previewing reports, printing, exporting, etc.), eliminating the need for full page reloads, enhancing performance, and enabling use in One-Page applications. The JavaScript technology employed for report creation allows the use of almost any low-performance server backend.