# Ruport 1.2 Released

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**Created:** [August 29, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruport-1-2-released/113241 "2007-08-29T06:01:20Z")\
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Ruport version 1.2 has been released. This update contains  
significant enhancements to Ruport’s functionality.

The full release notes can be found at  
[http://rubyreports.org/release\_notes-1.2.html](http://rubyreports.org/release_notes-1.2.html) , but a summary of the  
changes can be found below.

The features included in this release could not have come about  
without significant community involvement and we want to especially  
thank those listed below, as well as the rest of the community in  
general for their support.

== Acknowledgements

The following folks have contributed code, ideas, documentation,  
funded feature work, suggestions, or other good stuff to Ruport that  
made this release possible:

- Brad E.
- Gregory Gibson
- Imobach González Sosa
- Stefan M.
- Jeremy McAnally
- Dave Nelson
- Emmanuel O.
- Jason R.
- Greg Weber

The core Ruport team has also been working on a Ruport book, to be  
self-published by the end of the year. The content has been written  
against the 1.2 codebase, so it’s a good way to get up to date on how  
to use the new features. The current content is freely available at  
[http://ruportbook.com](http://ruportbook.com). Some of the sections are slightly behind the  
final set of features in 1.2, but they will be brought up to date in  
the next few days.

We’d welcome any and all feedback on the new features. Just stop by  
the mailing list at [http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports](http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-reports).

- Mike

== Ruport 1.2 CHANGELOG

API Breakage

- acts\_as\_reportable now uses real association names
- Data::Table constructors now yield Data::Feeder objects instead  
of  
Data::Table
- append\_hash, append\_array, and append\_record removed from  
Data::Table
- Renderer::Hooks changed signature for renderable\_data() to  
renderable\_data(format)
- Formatter::PDF#draw\_text no longer changes the position of the  
drawing  
cursor
- Ruport 0.7 style stage building syntax removed

Enhancements to existing features

- Table#sort\_rows\_by now allows nil objects and allows ascending/  
descending  
order
- Table constructors now accept :filters and :transforms Procs
- AAR’s report\_table() and report\_table\_by\_sql() now  
accept :filters and  
:transforms Procs
- Grouping constructor accepts :order, and new  
Grouping#sort\_grouping\_by  
method
- Formatter::PDF#draw\_table now exposes column heading formatting  
options
- Renderers can now be passed :file =\> " somefile.txt" to save  
output

Brand New Features

- Data::Feeder allows for custom transformations and filters on  
data
- Grouping#sigma added (Thanks Dave Nelson)
- Formatter::PDF#draw\_text! will draw text at an absolute position,  
ignoring margins
- Formatter::Template provides a simple templating system for  
renderer  
options