Introduction to EFW file in Helical Insight CE

In this article, you will learn about the role of EFW file in a report creation. The EFW file is an XML file which serves as the entry point for the report. This file contains the information required to run the report.

Below is the code for sample efw file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<efw>
    <title>Sample EFW Report</title>
    <author>Helical</author>
    <description>This is a sample on how to create a report</description>
    <icon>images/image.ico</icon>
    <template>Template.html</template>
    <visible>true</visible>
    <style>clean</style>
</efw>

Tag Details

  • <title> : This tag holds the name of the report as will be visible in the file browser of the application. For changing the name of the report, this needs to be changed accordingly.
  • <author> : This tag is used to hold the name of the creator.
  • <description> : This tag holds a brief description of the report.
  • <icon> : Path to the icon to be displayed along with the name of the report.
  • <template> : Name of the HTML file which will be invoked by the EFW.
  • <visible> : Boolean value to show or hide the dashboard in the file explorer.

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