The reports view lists all the reports available in the system. DPOD provides some reports out of the box, but you or your administrator may create further additional reports , to address your specific needs.
Reports are generated as MS-Excel spreadsheets, and DPOD is able to email them, save them to the file system, or call a web service to handle the file.
The available reports available to run are displayed in a table with each row describing a single report:
| Column Content | Description |
|---|---|
| Execute Button | Click to execute the report |
| Name | The name of the report. Click on the name to display the report details and recent execution history |
| Description | Text description of the report’s definition |
| Schedule | Details of the auto-execution schedule if it exists, or N/A if it doesn’t |
| Recipients | A list of email addresses the report will be emailed to. |
Executing a report
To execute a report, click on the Execute button next to its name. This will load the report in the Execute Report screen.
The Execute Report screen allows you to set report-recipients. You may do this set these by using the Recipients controls:
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Clicking on a report name in the table displays the single-report view. This view comprises of 2 widgets:
Report Details
Provides the name and description of the report, alongside a list of all configured recipient email addresses. You may click the Execute button found inside this widget to execute the report.
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Each row in the table provides details of a single report execution.
| Column Content | Description |
|---|---|
| Recipients | A list of email addresses that were sent the report that resulted of this execution |
| Executing User | The user executing the report |
| Status | Report Execution status |
| Status Time | The time this status was set by the system |
| Message | Message for failed execution |
Spreadsheet Details
When you select to email reports, each recipient receives a copy of a MS-Excel spreadsheet with the content of the reportsreport.
The first three row of every report contain the following information:
| Header | Content |
|---|---|
| Report Name | The report's name |
| Execution Time | A timestamp for the report's execution |
| Executing User | The user that requested the report |
| Time Range | The value of the time filter used |
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