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Create the exact report you have in mind

Pick a field - region, cost centre, account manager. One execution produces one report per value, each filtered and matched to its recipient.

A finished report carrying a company logo, produced as several documents from one template

Data source browser

The data source browser lists the objects of the connected data source. Find an object and add it to your report with a double-click. The browser reads the structure of a connected datasource - fields, variables, visualisations and embedded reports - and inserts the selected object into the template with its live binding intact.

  • Add a data object with a double-click
The Content Explorer Datasource Browser filtering HR Dashboard objects, with a context menu offering Create Chart Element and Create Table Element

Data filtering

Define filters and use them in your reports. Filters are evaluated at execution time through parameters and expressions, which lets one template produce a separate, correctly filtered document for every recipient.

  • Define filters and use them

Good to know: A field filter applies to the table or view that field belongs to. Related tables are not filtered automatically through foreign keys - where that matters, put the logic in a view your data team maintains.

The Filter Datasource Field action with an expression editor setting Date.Now.Year as the filter value, applied as a preparation action in the HR Dashboard Excel report

Extension compatibility

Renders Vizlib, AnyChart, Inphinity, ks quadrat and trueChart into every output format.

  • Vizlib, AnyChart, Inphinity, ks quadrat, trueChart, Qlik bundles
Word, Excel and PowerPoint reports rendering AnyChart, Vizlib and Inphinity extension visualisations

Advanced report customisation

Use expressions, cultures, conditions and cell formatting to create tailored, data-driven reports. Layout, formatting and visibility can be driven by expressions, so sections appear or change depending on the data of the current execution.

  • Expressions, cultures, conditions and cell formatting
The Data Table Cell Style dialog setting font, colour, number format and conditional expressions for a sales report table

Book a Mail & Deploy workshop

Build your reporting skills with guided, hands-on training. Work through connecting data sources, creating reports and setting up distribution with a Mail & Deploy consultant.

Workshops cover both client-managed and SaaS versions of Mail & Deploy. Choose the session format that fits your team.