Sort available reports by name, if handler doesn't specify

also add basic support for "decimal" params

tailbone/templates/reports/choose.mako

@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@
         <p>Please select the type of report you wish to generate.</p>
 
         <div class="report-selection">
-          % for key, report in reports.items():
+          % for key in sorted_reports:
+              <% report = reports[key] %>
               <h3>${h.link_to(report.name, url('generate_specific_report', type_key=key))}</h3>
               <p>${report.__doc__}</p>
           % endfor

tailbone/views/reports.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from rattail.files import resource_path
 from rattail.time import localtime
 from rattail.reporting import get_report_handler
 from rattail.threads import Thread
-from rattail.util import simple_error
+from rattail.util import simple_error, OrderedDict
 
 import colander
 from deform import widget as dfwidget
@@ -297,9 +297,13 @@ class GenerateReport(View):
 
         # handler is responsible for determining which report types are valid
         reports = self.handler.get_reports()
+        if isinstance(reports, OrderedDict):
+            sorted_reports = list(reports)
+        else:
+            sorted_reports = sorted(reports, key=lambda k: reports[k].name)
 
         # make form to accept user choice of report type
-        schema = NewReport().bind(valid_report_types=list(reports))
+        schema = NewReport().bind(valid_report_types=sorted_reports)
         form = forms.Form(schema=schema, request=self.request, use_buefy=use_buefy)
         form.submit_label = "Continue"
         form.cancel_url = self.request.route_url('report_output')
@@ -325,6 +329,7 @@ class GenerateReport(View):
             'form': form,
             'dform': form.make_deform_form(),
             'reports': reports,
+            'sorted_reports': sorted_reports,
             'report_descriptions': dict([(r.type_key, r.__doc__)
                                          for r in reports.values()]),
             'use_form': self.rattail_config.getbool('tailbone', 'reporting.choosing_uses_form',
@@ -346,6 +351,7 @@ class GenerateReport(View):
         NODE_TYPES = {
             bool: colander.Boolean,
             datetime.date: colander.Date,
+            'decimal': colander.Decimal,
         }
 
         schema = colander.Schema()