Report Forge Key Concepts

Report Forge uses a small set of reporting objects. Learning these terms makes the rest of the product easier to understand.

Term	Meaning
Blueprint	The reusable report structure. It defines sections, fields, rules, and the shape of a repeatable reporting process.
Section	A logical part of the report, such as progress, commercial status, risks, actions, or lookahead.
Field definition	A question, metric, text area, date, number, status, file, or other input expected inside a section.
Edition	A reporting cycle created from a blueprint, often tied to a week, month, project phase, or stakeholder update.
Entry	The actual information entered into a field for a specific edition.
Output	The designed report layout used to present edition data as a polished report.
Review history	Comments, review decisions, changes, and evidence preserved during the reporting cycle.

How the objects connect

A blueprint defines what should be collected. An edition captures the current reporting period. An output presents the edition as a stakeholder-ready package.