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How to edit reports

 
When editing a report record, you will be able to modify the name, select the  columns and their order, group by field, apply filters, add graphics, save and export the results.
 
 
How to edit reports
 
1

Edit Name

1. Edit Name
 
  • Click on edit the name of the report.
     
  • Introduce a name for your report
     
     
  • Click on to discard the changes. Click on to save the new name.
     
     
2

Schema

2. Schema
 
In this section, you can set the columns to be shown in the report, and once done, optionally group the results by some of these column fields.
 
  • Columns
  • Select the  metadata fields available in the list of columns.
     
  • You can delete any column. Just mouse over it and click on the icon
     
  • To order the columns, just drag and drop them to set the preferred order
     
     
  • As soon as you add/delete/modify columns the changes will be automatically refreshed  in the report results.
     
  • Groups
  • Select the  metadata fields available to group the results by. It is mandatory that the field you want to group by exists as a column in the report.
     
     
  • You can delete any group. Just  click on the icon
     
     
    Only when you are grouping, you will be able to add graphic.
     
    When grouping the report by field, the results will appear like this in the report result
     
         
 
3

Filters

3. Filters
 
In this section, you can apply custom filters for your report, using any of the available metadata fields.
 
  • Select a field to filter by
     
     
  • Click on the recently added field to specify the filter condition (operator), that will depend on the field type:
     
    Field types
    Conditions
    Examples
    Texts
    Selectors
    Dates
     
    If applies, select the Time Zone.
     
     
  • Click on to delete the selected filter. Click on to add the filter condition.
     
  • If you want to add more filters, repeat the same previous steps.
     
     
4

Sort results

4. Sort results
 
You can click on any of the available fields in the columns, to order the results, ascending  or descending
 
 
5

Report Results

5. Report Results
As soon as you are configuring the report, the real-time results will appear here.
 
Remember that when modifying a report, a limited number of records (maximum 20) will be shown, until you run the report.
 
6

Add Graphic

6. Add Graphic
 
Only when you are grouping, you will be able to add a graphic to your report.
 
Upon clicking "Add Graphic", if you are grouping the results of your report, the related graphic will appear
 
 
  • The "Y" axis will show the "grouped by" field
  • The "X" axis will show the current number of results of the report.
  • To see the specific number of results, mouse over the corresponding record, for each metadata entity your are grouping the report.
  • To maximize the graphic, click on . Click on to restore the graphic window.
     
     
  • Click on to change the graphic style of your report. Choose one of the available options:
     
     
  • Bars:
     
     
  • Columns:
     
     
  • Pie:
     
7

Export Report

7. Export Report
Click to select the different exporting options. You can export PDF, CSV or your own custom export formats.
 
 
  • Click on "PDF" to generate a PDF with the configuration and the results of your report.
     
 
  • Click on "CSV" to generate an Excel  file with the results of your custom report
 
  • You can also create your own custom exports for each of your reports that will appear in as available options. For more information, go to Administration >> Custom Export
     
     
8

Run / Modify

8. Run / Modify
 
Click on to exit the edit mode and execute the report to see all the number of records.
 
Click onto refresh the report and get the current results
 
Click on to come back to edit mode.
 
9

Save

9. Save
 
Click to save the changes made to your report.
 
10

Close

10. Close
 
Click to close the report and come back to the Reports list. Make sure to save all your changes.
 
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