Design Reports

Reports are where masters and Tech Packs stop being data and start being answers. The Design workspace surfaces a row of reports — they're listed under Insights & Reports on the workspace itself — and each one answers a specific question a designer or design lead asks repeatedly.

This page covers all of them in one place. Use it as a reference; come back when you find yourself asking one of the questions below.

Tech Pack Readiness

Question it answers: which Tech Packs are stuck, and where?

The report lists active Tech Packs and shows their current workflow state, what's missing on the spec, and how close they are to Production Ready. A Tech Pack stuck in Design for three weeks is visible at a glance. A Tech Pack in Approval but with no approved sample linked is visible at a glance.

Run this weekly. It's the single best tool for spotting which styles need a nudge.

Tech Pack Cost Margin Snapshot

Question it answers: what does my portfolio actually make, and where's the margin compression?

For every Tech Pack, the report shows total cost, selling rate, and margin (both currency and percent), sorted however you want. Filter to a brand, a division, or a season to see margins for that slice.

Most useful when you want a quick read on a brand's portfolio before a pricing conversation, or when you want to find the styles where margin has compressed enough to need a re-spec.

Tech Pack Registry Barcodes

Question it answers: which Tech Packs have had their barcodes generated, and which haven't?

A Tech Pack can't go into production without barcodes. This report lists Tech Packs and flags those whose Registry tab is empty. Use it as a final pre-production check.

Sample Pipeline

Question it answers: what's the state of every sample we have in flight?

Lists every Sample with its status (Requested, In Production, Sent, Approved, etc.), the Tech Pack it's tied to, and how long it's been in its current state. The first place to look when a brand asks "where is my sample."

Sample Measurement Deviations

Question it answers: which samples came back out of spec, and on which points?

For every Sample with measurements entered on the Results tab, the report flags points of measurement that fell outside the Pattern's tolerance. The single most actionable QC report in the Design section — if the same point is out of tolerance across multiple samples from the same pattern, you have a pattern problem, not a sample-room problem.

Sample Feedback Summary

Question it answers: what are reviewers telling us, in aggregate?

Pulls the feedback from sample Results tabs into a list you can scan for themes. Useful in design reviews, in monthly retrospectives, and when onboarding a new sample-room lead who needs to understand the kinds of feedback the team has been getting.

Pattern Library Capacity

Question it answers: how big is my pattern library, and how is it growing?

A simple count and breakdown of patterns by folder, type, and age. Useful in periodic reviews of whether the library is sprawling (too many near-duplicate patterns) or under-grown (too many Tech Packs sharing too few patterns when they shouldn't).

Pattern POM Growth Tolerance

Question it answers: are my pattern grading values internally consistent?

For each Pattern, the report audits the growth values across POMs and flags outliers. If most POMs grow at standard rates but one is wildly off, the report surfaces it for a pattern lead to sanity-check. Catches grading mistakes before they reach a sample.

Pattern Modification Requests

Question it answers: which PMRs are open, and how long have they been sitting?

Lists open PMRs with their status, the pattern they're against, and the age of the request. Use it to make sure PMRs aren't quietly piling up unaddressed.

Building your own reports

Beyond these, anything you can see in a list view you can turn into a report with Frappe's Report Builder. Set up the filters and columns you want on (say) a Tech Pack list, save it as a Report, and it's reusable forever. The reports above are the ones we built into the workspace because they answer questions every factory asks; the reports you'll build yourself answer the questions your factory specifically asks.