# Introduction

The **Script** module is a very powerful module which allows users to create custom tools/scripts and make them available to other users. A very common use case is to create custom reports which can be based on the Karaka database but also on data from other databases. Other examples could be a scripts to generate recurring mailings based on data stored in the database or small applications for storing and managing data.

## Target Group

The target group for this module is every organization which would like to create customized scripts & reports while still integrating and managing them through the Karaka application. The implementation of such scripts requires programming knowledge in PHP and potentially JS.

# Setup

This module doesn't have any additional setup requirements.

# Features

## Permission Management

It's possible to only give selected users and groups access to certain scripts.

## Input handling

The custom scripts can be created in a way which allows UI interaction by the user and it's also possible to allow scripts to handle uploaded user data. E.g. a tool could create different reports based on the date defined by the user.

In some cases it's not possible to directly access data from within the application for such purposes it's possible to create scripts which take additional data as uploads and use/transform this data according to the in the tool defined specifications. This way the same tool can be used in re-curring situation to create different results based on the different data without re-writing or re-uploading the tool every time. E.g. a tool could create reports based on uploaded data in excel or csv format.

## Localization

The module allows users to create scripts which also support localization.

## Default UI styles

Users can make use of the default styles in order to create tools which fit visually into the application design for a better user experience.