Creating Basic Reports Using the Wizard
Basic reports can be customized using the Basic Custom Report wizard, allowing you to specify the columns, grouping, sorting, and selection criteria.
To create a basic custom report using the wizard, do the following:
- Open Dashboard, click Application Links on the navigation panel, and then click Reports Manager under Reports.
- Select a group in the My Reports or Shared Library section on the navigation panel.
- Click New > Basic > Use the Wizard in the Report group on the Home tab.
- Select a report type from the list. The report type determines the available fields.
- Select the fields you want to appear as columns in the report. Explain the components to add, remove, and reorder columns.
- Click Next.
- Select the fields by which to group identical values in the report. Only the fields selected as columns on the previous window that can be grouped display in the Selected fields list. Explain the components to add, remove, and reorder groupings.
- Click Next to continue to the next window of the wizard.
- If desired, select the subtotal and the sorting options for the fields in the report. If there are no non-grouped fields after the Grouping window displays, the Subtotal and Sorting window does not display. Explain the components to subtotal and sort values.
- Click Next.
- Enter your report filtering criteria by clicking in the blank line that is provided. You can edit existing criteria by clicking a cell in the grid and entering new criteria. To remove a line of criteria, select the line and press Delete on your keyboard or click .
- Click Next.
- Enter a unique name for the report in the box provided.
- Enter a description of the report in the box provided.
- Select whether you want to modify the report design, preview the report, or save the report and close the wizard.
- Click Finish.
Explain the components of the window.
Explain the process of creating criteria lines.
Show me special considerations for specific reports.