Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for including report characterization information in a report are described herein. A report designer may request insertion of a two dimensional barcode, in the report, which encodes the report characterization information. Based on the request, a report characterization information retrieval formula may be executed to retrieve the report characterization information. The retrieved report characterization information may then be encoded to obtain a two dimensional barcode. The obtained two dimensional barcode may finally be inserted into the report. Once the report is printed, the two dimensional barcode in the report may be scanned by any device with a bar code reader, such as a smart phone to retrieve the additional information related to the report.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for augmented report viewing are described herein. An image of a report tag of a printed report is captured using a mobile device. The report tag is decoded. The printed report includes one or more report parts and corresponding report part tags. After a successful match based on the decoded tag, a report part tag that corresponds to a report part of the printed report is captured. The report part tag is then decoded. Based on the decoded report part tag, a rendered report part is presented on a screen of the mobile device. In response to a user operation on the mobile device after the rendered report part is presented on the screen, an updated report part is received at the mobile device. The updated report part is then presented on the screen of the mobile device.