Showcase - Stock Report - Header-Footer read from req.data

harrisonleong

Hi Team,

I am learning from the Showcase - Stock Report.... I notice that the header-footer are showing value defined in group .e.g {{group.fullName}}

Can header-footer actually refer to data in req.data directly, or defining group is the only way to pass information to header-footer template?

Thank you very much.

jan_blaha

The input data on pdf-utils operation are the same as in the original request
https://jsreport.net/learn/pdf-utils#input-data

harrisonleong

Hum... even when the data is prepared in a script function beforeRender(req, res) dynamically?

If my data is defined like this. My attempt to show {{eso_no}} in header template does not work.
req.data = {
"eso_no": "HAL-1600218",
"versionDate": versionDate,
"tShipper": tShipper,
"items": result
}

However, if I create a group in the main template.
{{{pdfCreatePagesGroup eso_no=eso_no versionDate=versionDate}}}
then I can show {{group.eso_no}} in the header template.

Thank you.

jan_blaha

Please try to create a minimal playground example replicating your issue.

harrisonleong

Thank you Sir. Here it is.
https://playground.jsreport.net/w/harrisonleong/ezCxmDCa

In the header-footer template, the group information can be shown but not the element in req.data.
So the testing below cannot get the value {{eso_no}}

Submission No : {{group.eso_no}}<br>
Testing No : {{eso_no}}<br>

harrisonleong

O... I found the answer... it has to be {{../eso_no}}

Thanks!