===Setting Up A Report===

When being used as part of the **ARDI Reporting Engine**, you can use a //decorator// to set up your report.

To begin, you would...

   * Open the [[report_folder|folder where your reports are kept]],
   * Create a unique directory name for your report,
   * Create a file named **report.py** in that folder,
   * Open the file in a text editor (ideally //Idle// or //Visual Studio//), and enter the following...

<code>
import ardi.util.mplreport

@mplreport.ardireport("Sample Report")
def CreateReport(report,args):    
   #Your Report Code Goes Here

   report.Save()
</code>

The '@mplreport.ardireport' decorator takes the name of the report as a parameter. 

After the decorator is the function that is called when the report needs to be created. The first parameter is an [[mplreport|mplreport]] object, and the second is an object containing all of the arguments to your report.

Next, we can [[create a report page|add a page to our report]].