Channel report template parameters

This section describes the parameters available in templates used to generate reports.

 

The following parameters are always available.

Parameter
Description
REPORT-NAME The report's name.
REPORT-DESCRIPTION The report's description.
REPORT-TIME The time the report was generated.
REPORT-FILENAME The file the report is being saved to.
CHANNEL-FILTER-NAME The channel filter being used to select channels to include in the report.
WORKPAD-NAME The workpad the report is being generated from.
TEMPLATE-FILENAME The template file being used to generate the report.
GROUP-ITEMS-BY-CHANNEL Flags if items should be grouped by channel.
WATERMARK-IMAGE-URL The file path to the watermark image.

 

The following parameters are available inside a Channels or Channels-IfGroupingItems repeating section.

Parameter
Description
CHANNEL-METADATA Inserts channel metadata.
This parameter is the main way of accessing information about the channel.
CHANNEL-METADATA-TYPE Inserts the type of the specified channel metadata (text/html/unknown).
This parameter is most useful when used with a mode=atom10 argument which restricts the output to "text" or "html", making it suitable for generating Atom 1.0 output.

 

The following parameters are available inside a FeedItems repeating section.

Parameter
Description
ITEM-METADATA Inserts item metadata.
This parameter is the main way of accessing information about the item.
ITEM-METADATA-TYPE Inserts the format of the specified item metadata (text/html/unknown).
This parameter is most useful when used with a mode=atom10 argument which restricts the output to "text" or "html", making it suitable for generating Atom 1.0 output.
ITEM-METADATA-DUMP Inserts the item's metadata tree.
This is useful when writing new templates and you want to see what metadata the item has.
ITEM-IMAGE-URL Inserts the URL for the item's image.

 

The following parameters are available in workpad reports only.

Parameter
Description
WORKPAD-NAME The name of the workpad.
WORKPAD-DESCRIPTION The workpad's description.
ITEM-NOTES Any notes that have been entered by the user for the feed item.

The following parameters are available inside a CustomFields repeating section.

CUSTOM-FIELD-NAME The name of the current custom field.
CUSTOM-FIELD-NAME The value of the current custom field.