migration, and front end

app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php

@@ -452,6 +452,10 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
 
             $header = [];
 
+            if($request->filled('share_report_template')) {
+                $header[] = trans('admin/reports/general.share_template');
+            }
+
             if ($request->filled('id')) {
                 $header[] = trans('general.id');
             }
@@ -646,7 +650,13 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
             Log::debug('Added headers: '.$executionTime);
 
-            $assets = Asset::select('assets.*')->with(
+            if($request->filled('share_report_template')) {
+                //to fill with logic for the report template and NOT the assets retrieved by the query
+            }
+
+
+
+                $assets = Asset::select('assets.*')->with(
                 'location', 'assetstatus', 'company', 'defaultLoc', 'assignedTo',
                 'model.category', 'model.manufacturer', 'supplier');
             

database/migrations/2025_11_18_193933_add_share_report_template_option.php

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('report_templates', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('share_report_template', )->nullable()->default(null);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('report_templates', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            if (Schema::hasColumn('report_templates', 'share_report_template')) {
+                $table->dropColumn('share_report_template');
+            }
+        });
+    }
+};

resources/lang/en-US/admin/reports/general.php

@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ return [
     'select_a_template' => 'Select a Template',
     'template_name' => 'Template Name',
     'update_template' => 'Update Template',
+    'share_template' => 'Share Template',
 ];

resources/views/reports/custom.blade.php

@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
+                    <div class="col-md-7 col-md-offset-7">
+                        <label class="form-control">
+                            <input type="checkbox" name="shared_report_template" value="1" @checked($template->checkmarkValue('shared_report_template')) />
+                            {{ trans('admin/reports/general.share_template') }}
+                        </label>
+                    </div>
                 @endif
 
         </div><!-- /.box-header -->