How can I show groups in membership report columns?

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I've got the request to display (certain) groups in the membership detail report. A lot has been written over time about customizing reports, and I'm not sure what info is up-to-date. This looks good: https://alastaira.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/civicrm-creating-a-custom-report/

I think roughly, I would need to

set up the paths for custom templates and php files at setting/path
create a custom template with just a single {include file="CRM/Report/Form.tpl"}
create a custom php file copied from CRM/Report/Form/Member/Detail.php
register both using Administer –> CiviReport –> Manage Templates
in the php file, append stuff to _columns and from()

is that correct ? Has anyone already done something like this for groups .. ?

as Lobo points out below, this is the legacy way of doing it. — commonpike, Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 10:36
having said that, I did it just as described, and it was fairly easy :-) — commonpike, Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 10:37
having said that, I created an extension to do this later, and it was fairly easy too :-) — commonpike, Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 13:04

Jude Hungerford · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13 04:03:19Z

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The current correct way to create a custom report is to use an extension, rather than the manual process linked to in the question.

Updated documentation for creating a report extension is found here:

The link in Donald Lobo's answer is now broken, but an old version of the document is still available here:

answered Oct 13, 2017 at 3:49

Jude Hungerford

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Donald Lobo · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-01 16:31:22Z

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A better approach might be to use an extension rather than the above. Documentation for report extensions here:

You might be able to borrow some code from other reports which show the groups a contact belongs to (not sure if any report does so)

answered Jun 1, 2015 at 16:31

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ew, there you go, I already used the 'legacy' way of creating a report :-/ I dont think any of the default reports show groups for contacts.
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Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 10:35

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