OpenERP does a pretty good job of providing basic reports but unfortunately, many companies will require more extensive reporting capabilities than OpenERP provides. Furthermore, the standard tools built into OpenERP to create reports are limited. For example, some things that you would assume would be very simple, such as repeating column headers on multiple pages, can be frustrating if not impossible. Fortunately, there are a variety of reporting solutions that work well with OpenERP.
One option that adds a lot of flexibility and integrates very tightly with OpenERP is the OpenERP Webkit Report built by Camp2Camp. It is a standard module that can be installed easily just like the other built-in modules in OpenERP.
Once you install the Webkit Report Engine application, you will have two new menu options appear under Settings as follows:
Webkit Logos
Webkit Headers/Footers
These options allow you to define multiple headers and footers that...