Gramps 6.0 Wiki Manual - Reports

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Fig. 13.1 Menubar - Reports Overview

This section provide a brief description of all the different reports available in Gramps.

Gramps comes with a large number of available reports. The different subsections describe the various possibilities and options:

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Additional Reports

Gramps has even more reports available to install, made by volunteers just like you they are called Addons and you check the growing list of available reports here.. This system is controlled by the Plugin Manager.

Contents

Introduction

Generating Reports: This first subsection gives you some general remarks.

Reports

Fig. 13.2 "Reports" toolbar icon for "Open the reports dialog"

The reports can be accessed by choosing the menu Reports ->Report Section ->Particular Report .

Alternatively, you can browse the complete selection of available reports along with their brief descriptions in a Report Selection dialog invoked by clicking the Gramps-reports.png Reports (Open the reports dialog) icon on the toolbar from any of the categories.

Report Selection dialog

Fig. 13.3 Report Selection - dialog - default information
Fig. 13.4 Report Selection - dialog - example showing "Timeline Chart" information


The Report Selection dialog allows you to browse the complete selection of available reports along with their brief descriptions when invoked by clicking the Gramps-reports.png Reports (Open the reports dialog) icon on the toolbar from any of the categories.

Select a report from those available on the left. Use the arrows to expand the top level listings:

Then select the report you are interested in to be shown on the right hand side the following:

  • Report name
  • Report description
  • Status:
  • Author:
  • Author's email:

You can can then use the buttons below to either find out more about the report or open and create your report.

  • Wiki opens the help page if available - needs an internet connection — ⚡new for version 6.0.0
  • Close exits this dialog
  • Generate - Generate selected report - opens the reports configuration page.


See also: Tool Selection dialog

Substitution Values

Substitution Values: you can use some handy values in your reports. (Selected reports only)

Books

The Books Report allows you to create a custom genealogy book containing a collection of Gramps textual and graphical reports in a single document (i.e. a Book)

Available items selections

Alphabetical Index

Alphabetical Index - This item produces page(s) with an alphabetical index of people noted into selected textual reports.

Custom Text

Custom Text - This item produces a page with three paragraphs, each containing custom text: Initial Text, Middle Text and Final Text. The text input fields are expandable so you can really put all the text you want in there.

Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents - A Table of contents (TOC) is generated for book as a list of the parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear.

Title Page

Title Page - A title page for your book.


Summary of Reports

Summary of all default built-in Reports that can be used.

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Reports List

Click a list header to sort the list and show available builtin Report choices. (The actual Report menu will also include installed Third-party addon Reports.)

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Graphs

Graphs reports are created in Graphviz format and then converted into graphical output running it through the Graphviz dot tool behind the scene.

Family Lines Graph

The Family Lines Graph creates an easy-to-follow graph.

Hourglass Graph

The Hourglass Graph generate an hourglass graph.

Relationship Graph

The Relationship Graph creates a complex relationship graph.

Graphical Reports

Graphical reports represent information in forms of charts and graphs.

Ancestor Tree

The Ancestor Tree report generates the chart of people who are ancestors of the Active Person.

Calendar

The Calendar report produces a calendar with birthdays and anniversaries on a page by month.

Descendant Tree

The Descendant Tree report generates a graph of people who are descendants of the Active Person.

Descendants Lines

Addon:DescendantsLines - Third Party Addon.

Family Descendant Tree

The Family Descendant Tree generates a graph of people who are descendants of the Active Family.

Family Tree

Addon:Family Tree - Third Party Addon.

Fan Chart

The Fan Chart report produces a chart resembling a fan, with Active Person in the center, parents the semicircle next to it, and so on, for a total of five generations.

See also


Pedigree Chart

Addon:PedigreeChart - Third Party Addon.

Statistics Charts

The Statistics Charts report can collect and display a wealth of statistical data about your database.

Timeline Chart

The Timeline Chart report outputs the list of people with their lifetimes represented by intervals on a common chronological scale.

Text Reports

Text reports output information as formatted text.

Ahnentafel Report

The Ahnentafel Report lists the Active Person and his or her ancestors along with their vital data. The people are numbered in an establish standard called 'Ahnentafel'.

Ancestorfill Report

Addon:Ancestor Fill Report - Third Party Addon.

Birthday and Anniversary Report

The Birthday and Anniversary Report gives the same information as a calendar but in text format.

Complete Individual Report

The Complete Individual Report provides individual summaries similar to that of the Individual Summary Report.

Database Differences Report

Addon:Database Differences Report - Third Party Addon.

Database Summary Report

The Database Summary Report displays the overall statistics concerning number of individuals of each gender, various incomplete entries statistics, as well as family and media statistics.

Descendant Book

Addon:Descendant and Detailed Descendant Book Reports - Third Party Addon.

Descendant Report

The Descendant Report presents the descendants of the Active Person with a brief description in intended style.

Detailed Ancestral Report

The Detailed Ancestral Report covers in detail the ancestors of the Active Person, including a range of vital data as well as marriages.

Detailed Descendant Book

Addon:Descendant and Detailed Descendant Book Reports - Third Party Addon.

Detailed Descendant Report

The Detailed Descendant Report covers in detail the descendants of the Active Person by generation, following the genealogical tradition of textual descendant reports by generation. It aims to provide all important features expected to be found in these classic descendency formats and has received influence from various sources.

Detailed Descendant Report with all Images

Addon:Detailed Descendant Report With All Images - Third Party Addon.

Double Cousins

Addon:DoubleCousinReport - Third Party Addon.

End of Line Report

The End of Line Report provides a list of of the person's last known ancestors with the pedigree line, ordered by generations.

Family Group Report

The Family Group Report creates a family group report, showing information on a set of parents and their children.

Family Sheet Report

Addon:Family Sheet - Third Party Addon.

Kinship Report

Kinship Report provides the kinship of selected person according to level search( height, down generations) set by the user.

Last Change Report

Addon:LastChange - Third-Party Addon.

Lines of Descendancy Report

Addon:Lines of Descendency Report - Third-Party Addon.

Media Report

Addon:MediaReport - Third-Party Addon.

Note Link Report

The Note Link Report checks the status of internal Gramps links in notes.

Note Report

Addon:Note_Report - Third-Party Addon.

Number of Ancestors Report

The Number of Ancestors Report displays the number of ancestors of the Active Person. The form is - generation x has y individuals (z %).

PersonEverything Report

Addon:PersonEverything Report - Third-Party Addon.

Place Report

The Place Report produces a report according to places selected by the user. It will list related person and event to the selected place.

Records Report

Records Report shows a number of interesting records(mostly age related) in your database, like oldest living person, youngest mother,etc.

Repositories Report

Addon:Repositories Report - Third-Party Addon.

Repositories Options Report

Addon:Repositories Options Report Third Party Addon.

Sandclock Tree Report

Addon:GenealogyTree (Sandclock tree subsection) Report - Third-Party Addon.

Sources and Citations Report

Addon:Sources Citations Report - Third-Party Addon.

Tag Report

The Tag Report lists primary objects - persons, families, and notes - who match the selected tag.

TinyTafel Report

Addon:TinyTafel - Third-Party Addon.

ToDo Report

Addon:ToDo Report - Third-Party Addon.

Web Pages

Web Pages for use on your personal website or to give away as a standalone report.

Narrated Web Site

The article about the Narrated Web Site report describes the report with extensive options for generating a web site (i.e., a set of linked web pages), for a subset of selected individuals.

Web Calendar

The Web Calendar is a Report that creates webpages showing events for the selected individuals as a set of monthly calendars.

Network_Chart

See Also

Quick Views

Quick Views are reports that are available in the context menus of person, family, ... They maybe created by users, even with limited programming knowledge.

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