# One or two pages reports

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 9, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719 "2026-08-09T18:00:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Francisco.Mejia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/francisco.mejia/32/63246_2.png) [@Francisco.Mejia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francisco.Mejia)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/1 "2026-08-09T18:00:02Z")

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What is the best one to create a report containing one or two pages of information with some tabular data perhaps. The report should look like an Invoice, Bill or Certificate of Analysis

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/2 "2026-08-09T18:10:17Z")

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The best what?

What have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Francisco.Mejia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/francisco.mejia/32/63246_2.png) [@Francisco.Mejia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francisco.Mejia)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/3 "2026-08-09T22:01:32Z")

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![COA](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/9/59cab2e82d1eeec85e811413c28873a3a79bce02.jpeg)

I am trying to create something like this:

Header and detail

I have explored using memory tags and script module with all parameters as public static properties.

Now thinking of using UDT to hold everything in one object.

That is basically what I would like to do.

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/4 "2026-08-09T22:10:05Z")

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Where is the data coming from? e.g., SQL queries, ...

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/5 "2026-08-09T22:39:26Z")

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> [@Francisco.Mejia](#):
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> Now thinking of using UDT to hold everything in one object.

You really should not. This is a job for a database, with normalized tables for the four items in your diagram.

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**Author:** ![prashants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@prashants](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/prashants)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/6 "2026-08-11T14:47:50Z")

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For this, I would create a database table with the columns for each (ndx, test parameter, specification and result, t\_stamp) using a transaction group to do this and use that database/Query in the report as DataSource.

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**Author:** ![Francisco.Mejia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/francisco.mejia/32/63246_2.png) [@Francisco.Mejia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francisco.Mejia)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/7 "2026-08-16T15:03:28Z")

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Thanks pturmel. Very helpful.

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**Author:** ![Francisco.Mejia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/francisco.mejia/32/63246_2.png) [@Francisco.Mejia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Francisco.Mejia)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/one-or-two-pages-reports/116719/8 "2026-08-16T15:03:43Z")

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Thanks prashants