# Rails Report Generator that can read associations **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-report-generator-that-can-read-associations/192040 "2010-07-22T21:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-report-generator-that-can-read-associations/192040/1 "2010-07-22T21:45:28Z")
Howdoo everyone, I’m looking for a Rails plugin or gem that can allow users to generate very flexible reports. Ideally, it should be able to: 1. Allow a user to select a model (from a list made by me) to generate a report on. 2. Once they choose the model (say, Team), they’ll be able to choose which Team fields to include in the report, such as team\_name or team\_city. Also, they’ll be able to choose fields from associated models; for example, if a Team has many Players, they’ll be able to pick fields from Players to show in the report, such as last\_name or went\_pro\_on. 1. They’ll be able to set criteria for what is shown in the report, such as only Teams with over 10 Players, or to only include Players with last\_name contains “blah”. 2. Lastly (not as important), the ability to generate this report as a CSV or PDF or what have you. Does a plugin or gem exist that does all (or most) of this? If so, it’ll save a lot time. Let me know if anyone knows of something like this. Gracias! ---
**Author:** ![joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@joep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joep)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-report-generator-that-can-read-associations/192040/2 "2010-08-15T13:07:03Z")
Hi Joe, Did anyone ever get back to you about this?