Report Generator

Create professional, data-driven reports with charts, tables, and narrative text. Perfect for business reports, analytics dashboards, status updates, and automated reporting pipelines.

Quick Start

from scripts.report_gen import ReportGenerator

# Create a simple report
report = ReportGenerator("Monthly Sales Report")
report.add_text("This report summarizes sales performance for Q4 2024.")
report.add_table(sales_data, title="Sales by Region")
report.add_chart(sales_data, chart_type="bar", title="Revenue by Month")
report.add_text("Key findings: Revenue increased 25% quarter-over-quarter.")
report.generate().save("sales_report.pdf")

# From template
report = ReportGenerator.from_template("executive_summary")
report.set_data(data_dict)
report.generate().save("exec_summary.pdf")

Features

• Multiple Output Formats: PDF, HTML
• Rich Content: Text, tables, charts, images, headers
• Chart Types: Bar, line, pie, scatter, area, heatmap
• Table Formatting: Auto-styling, conditional formatting
• Templates: Pre-built report templates
• Branding: Logo, colors, fonts, headers/footers
• Sections: Table of contents, page numbers, appendices
• Data Integration: CSV, DataFrame, dict inputs

API Reference

Initialization

# New report
report = ReportGenerator("Report Title")
report = ReportGenerator("Report Title", subtitle="Q4 2024 Analysis")

# From template
report = ReportGenerator.from_template("quarterly_review")

# With config
report = ReportGenerator("Title", config={
    "page_size": "letter",
    "orientation": "portrait",
    "margins": {"top": 1, "bottom": 1, "left": 0.75, "right": 0.75}
})

Report Metadata

# Title and subtitle
report.set_title("Annual Report 2024")
report.set_subtitle("Financial Performance Analysis")

# Author and date
report.set_author("Analytics Team")
report.set_date("December 2024")
report.set_date_auto()  # Use today

# Organization
report.set_organization("Acme Corporation")
report.set_logo("logo.png")

Adding Content

Text Content

# Simple paragraph
report.add_text("This is a paragraph of analysis text.")

# Styled text
report.add_text("Important finding!", style="highlight")
report.add_text("Key metric: 42%", style="metric")

# Headers
report.add_heading("Executive Summary", level=1)
report.add_heading("Revenue Analysis", level=2)
report.add_heading("By Region", level=3)

# Bullet points
report.add_bullets([
    "Revenue increased 25% YoY",
    "Customer acquisition up 15%",
    "Churn rate decreased to 3%"
])

# Numbered list
report.add_numbered_list([
    "Expand to European markets",
    "Launch mobile application",
    "Implement AI-driven analytics"
])

Tables

# From DataFrame
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({
    'Region': ['North', 'South', 'East', 'West'],
    'Revenue': [100000, 85000, 92000, 78000],
    'Growth': ['12%', '8%', '15%', '5%']
})
report.add_table(df, title="Regional Performance")

# From dict/list
data = [
    {'Product': 'A', 'Sales': 1000, 'Profit': 200},
    {'Product': 'B', 'Sales': 1500, 'Profit': 350}
]
report.add_table(data, title="Product Summary")

# With styling
report.add_table(df, title="Sales Data",
    highlight_max=['Revenue'],       # Highlight max values
    highlight_min=['Growth'],        # Highlight min values
    currency_cols=['Revenue'],       # Format as currency
    percent_cols=['Growth'],         # Format as percent
    align={'Region': 'left', 'Revenue': 'right'}
)

Charts

# Bar chart
report.add_chart(
    data=df,
    chart_type="bar",
    x="Region",
    y="Revenue",
    title="Revenue by Region"
)

# Line chart
report.add_chart(
    data=time_series_df,
    chart_type="line",
    x="Month",
    y=["Sales", "Forecast"],
    title="Sales Trend"
)

# Pie chart
report.add_chart(
    data=category_df,
    chart_type="pie",
    values="Amount",
    labels="Category",
    title="Budget Allocation"
)

# Chart options
report.add_chart(
    data=df,
    chart_type="bar",
    x="Region",
    y="Revenue",
    title="Revenue Analysis",
    color="#3498db",
    width=6,           # inches
    height=