How to test reports in cagonos ?

Answer Posted / mythili

1)Initially we will be testing the Layout of the report i.e
Headers,footers,all the headings in the body.
2)we will check for the filters are working properly or not.
3)Data will be validated finally against the the database
by using SQL Queries.

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