Reportsprovides

Reportsprovides is a term used in some software documentation and configuration schemas to denote a module’s capability to create, deliver, and manage reports. It is not a universally standardized keyword, but rather a domain-specific convention for articulating that a component exports reporting functionality to other parts of a system.

In practice, reportsprovides functions as a declarative signal within a component registry, manifest, or service catalog. A component that offers reporting capabilities may label its offerings under reportsprovides to indicate that it can generate reports, export them to formats such as PDF or CSV, schedule automated deliveries, or expose endpoints for report retrieval. The exact structure of what is declared under reportsprovides varies by platform, but common elements include the types of reports supported, data sources, scheduling options, access controls, and delivery channels.

Because it is a convention rather than a formal standard, the interpretation of reportsprovides depends on the surrounding architecture. It often interacts with related concepts such as requires or consumes to express dependencies, and with security and data governance controls to govern who can request or receive reports. In modular and service-oriented architectures, using a clear name like reportsprovides can improve discoverability and interoperability between reporting services and consumer components.

See also: provides, service registry, reporting, data delivery, modular architecture.