Every business runs on data. Getting that data out in a form that’s actually useful, presented professionally, delivered automatically to the right people at the right time; that’s where most reporting tools fall short. Articles connects directly to SQL databases, ODBC data sources, REST APIs and local data files, bringing everything together into a single consistent reporting environment. Whether you need a polished customer statement, a detailed sales analysis, or a batch of individually addressed invoices, Articles produces output that looks exactly the way you want it, exporting to PDF, Excel, Word, RTF, HTML, CSV or plain text, with full formatting control stored within each report template.

Articles doesn’t just produce great reports; it delivers them. A fully integrated Task Scheduler runs your reports automatically on whatever schedule your business demands, while Direct Email capability lets a single report run generate and deliver personalised output to hundreds of recipients simultaneously, each getting exactly their data in a single clean attachment, with a personalised subject line and email body, sent through your own SMTP infrastructure. Finding and running reports is equally effortless, with a clean organised library featuring category navigation, instant search, and configurable parameters that give users exactly the flexibility they need without exposing complexity they don’t.

Articles supports a wide range of databases, giving you the freedom to work with the systems your business already relies on. Build reports that pull from multiple connections and multiple databases all at once, seamlessly, in a single design. Whether your data lives in one place or many, Articles brings it together into one clear, unified reporting experience.

One of the powerful features in Articles is its Direct Email report type; a sophisticated, data-driven email delivery system that goes far beyond simply attaching a report to an email and hitting send.

One Report Run. Multiple Recipients. Zero Manual Effort.

As Articles processes each record in your dataset, it evaluates who should receive that page’s output and builds up personalised exports per recipient. When multiple pages belong to the same email address, Articles intelligently consolidates them into a single export file rather than bombarding your recipients with multiple emails. Your branch manager gets one clean PDF containing all their relevant pages, not ten separate attachments arriving one after another.

Export Formats and Settings — Send It Their Way

Articles supports PDF, Excel, Word, RTF, HTML, CSV and plain text exports, with each report template defining its own default format and full export settings. Your invoices go as PDFs, your data extracts as Excel files, your letters as Word documents, automatically, every time, with every export option configured exactly as you need it and stored within the template itself.

Dynamic Subject Lines and Rich Email Bodies

Nobody wants a generic “Report Output” in their inbox. Articles evaluates your subject line and email body as live expressions against your report data, so recipients see personalised subjects referencing their account number, region, or invoice total, and email bodies that greet them by name, surface key figures, and include any contextual messaging relevant to that specific report and recipient.
Controlled, Reliable, Auditable

Direct Email runs through your existing SMTP infrastructure, with no third-party dependencies and no data leaving your control unexpectedly. Combined with Articles’  Task Scheduler integration, your email runs execute overnight or on whatever schedule you define, with no one needing to be at their desk.

Because the value of a report isn’t in generating it; it’s in getting the right information to the right person, in the format they can actually use. Articles makes that happen automatically.

Articles takes reporting beyond the database with built-in REST API connectivity that opens the door to a whole new world of data. Generate reports directly from REST services, blend live API responses with traditional database fields, and deliver insights that simply aren’t possible with static data alone. Whether you’re pulling real-time metrics, integrating with cloud platforms, or combining multiple data sources into a single unified report, Articles handles it with ease. This isn’t just importing data, it’s orchestrating it. Articles lets you merge REST data with SQL tables, apply business rules, transform values, and produce reports that reflect the most current information your business depends on. And when it’s time to share, you can export your REST-powered reports to all major formats, from PDF and Excel to HTML, CSV, and more.

But Articles doesn’t stop at reading from REST APIs. With the built-in REST API PUT/POST component, Articles becomes an active participant in your business workflows, not just a passive consumer of data. As a report runs, Articles can write data back to any REST endpoint, triggering actions, updating records, and notifying external systems in real time. Mark invoices as printed the moment they’re generated, update a CRM record when a statement is dispatched, notify a warehouse system when a picking list is produced, or push summarised results to a dashboard API as part of your overnight batch run. Full support for Bearer token, Basic, API Key, and OAuth2 authentication means Articles connects securely to virtually any modern REST service, whether that’s an internal business system, a cloud platform, or a third-party integration. Request bodies, headers, and endpoint URLs are all fully configurable using live report data and expressions, giving you complete control over exactly what gets sent, when, and where.

With Articles, your reports become dynamic, connected, and future-proof, giving your business the flexibility to integrate with modern services, react to live data, and actively participate in the workflows that keep your business moving. This isn’t reporting as an afterthought; it’s reporting as a core part of how your business operates.

Unlock the full potential of your reports with the built‑in scripting engine, a powerhouse feature that transforms Articles from a simple report designer into a complete, programmable reporting platform. With scripting, you’re not just designing a report… you’re writing logic, intelligence, and automation directly into it.
Control every element on the page with precision. Dynamically format output, validate and correct data on the fly, calculate values, enforce business rules, and even replace or transform content before it ever reaches the page. Need to show or hide controls, adjust layouts, or react to user input? It’s all possible.

This isn’t just customization, it’s a full programming environment living inside your report. From simple tweaks to advanced workflows, the scripting engine gives you the freedom to build smarter, more responsive, and more powerful documents than ever before. Articles puts real development capability right at your fingertips, turning every report into a fully automated, intelligent solution.

Export Everything. Compromise Nothing.

A great report is only as valuable as its ability to reach the people who need it, in a format they can actually work with. Articles delivers on both counts, with one of the most comprehensive export suites available, ensuring your report output is always fit for purpose, regardless of who’s receiving it or what they need to do with it.

Document formats cover every professional need. PDF delivers pixel-perfect, print-ready output that looks identical on every device and every printer, the natural choice for customer-facing documents, invoices, and statements where presentation matters. Microsoft Word (DOCX) is ideal for correspondence and documents recipients may need to edit, while RTF provides broad compatibility across platforms where Office isn’t available. OpenDocument Text (ODT) ensures compatibility with LibreOffice and open-source environments, and PowerPoint (PPTX) lets you deliver your report output directly into presentation-ready slides.

Spreadsheet and data formats give your analysts and finance teams exactly what they need. Microsoft Excel (XLSX) delivers live, workable figures that can be sorted, filtered, and pivoted without any manual re-entry, while OpenDocument Spreadsheet (ODS) provides the open-source equivalent for LibreOffice users. CSV exports clean structured data that imports directly into virtually any business application, ERP, or database, and XML output supports structured data exchange with downstream systems and integration pipelines. Simple text output provides lightweight, universally compatible delivery for notifications, legacy systems, and automated processing.

Image and graphics formats

round out the suite comprehensively. BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, EMF, and SVG exports let you render individual report pages as images, perfect for embedding report output in web applications, dashboards, content management systems, or anywhere a document format simply isn’t appropriate. SVG in particular delivers infinitely scalable vector output that looks crisp at any resolution.

Web formats include both classic HTML and modern HTML5 Div output, giving you clean browser-ready reports suitable for internal portals, web-based workflows, and online delivery. And for industrial and logistics environments, ZPL output for Zebra label printers, making Articles a genuine end-to-end solution for warehouse and fulfilment operations.

Every export format comes with full control over its settings, configured once within the report template and applied consistently every time the report runs. Because export settings travel with the template itself, there’s no risk of different users producing inconsistent output from the same report.

Articles. Every format. Every time. No compromises.

Everything Your Business Needs. One Reporting Platform.

Articles brings together everything a modern business needs from its reporting in one cohesive, professionally crafted platform. Connect to any database, REST API, or data source, design reports that blend multiple data streams into a single unified output, and deliver finished results in any of over twenty export formats, automatically, on schedule, to exactly the right people. Generate multiple distinct versions of a report in a single run, each tailored to a different audience, format, or data slice, without running the report multiple times or maintaining duplicate templates. Reusable database configurations mean your connection settings are defined once and shared across your entire report library, so adding a new report is never held up by infrastructure setup. And when someone needs to revisit last month’s figures or recheck a statement that went out last quarter, Articles’ archive of prepared reports puts historical output at their fingertips instantly, no re-running, no waiting, just the report as it was, when it was produced.

Articles isn’t just a reporting tool bolted onto your business; it’s a reporting platform built to grow with it. Whether you’re a small operation needing clean, professional output from a single database, or a larger organisation orchestrating complex multi-source reports, automated email delivery, REST API integration, and scheduled batch processing across dozens of templates, Articles scales to meet you exactly where you are. Simple where it needs to be, powerful where it counts, and always focused on one thing: getting the right information to the right people, effortlessly.