MATLAB Report Generator can be used for creating dynamic reports. It utilizes fixed content elements like "headers", "footers" and "holes" which act as blanks to fill the data dynamically using MATLAB code. To create a report using the MATLAB Report Generator:
- Create a document template containing relevant headers, footers and holes for the report.
- Navigate to "File > Options" and then click on the "Customize Ribbon" tab. Check the "Developer" box in the "Main Tabs" section.
- Navigate to the "Developer" tab and enable the "Design Mode" to distinguish "holes" from fixed content through highlighting.
- To add a new "hole", position the cursor where the hole should be created and press the Rich Text Content Control button "Aa".
- Use the "properties" button to add a title or tag for better identification of the "hole". For the sake of simplicity, add the title "hole1" to the "hole" you created.
- Close the template document after saving it as "ReportTemplate.dotx" in the directory where we will execute our MATLAB code.
- Using the MATLAB code below, the "hole" can now be dynamically filled and will display the appropriate text in the new report document while we will generate using our template.
% Importing MATLAB Report Generator DOM
import mlreportgen.dom.*;
% Creating the report document
doc = Document('reportDocument', 'docx', 'ReportTemplate');
% Iterating to the first hole in the document
holeId = moveToNextHole(doc);
% Optional: Print the current holeId
fprintf('Current hole ID: %s\n', holeId);
% Performing a sample computation
var1 = 10;
var2 = 68;
compute = var1/var2;
% Create a text object which will be displayed in the hole
textObj = Text(compute);
% Append the text to the document
append(doc, textObj);
% Close and view the document
close(doc);
rptview('reportDocument', 'docx');
For more information regarding the generation of reports using MATLAB Report Generator, refer to this documentation:
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/report-templates.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/create-a-microsoft-word-template.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/add-holes-in-a-microsoft-word-template.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/modify-styles-in-a-microsoft-word-template.html
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/rptgen/ug/fill-in-the-blanks-in-a-report-form.html
