User Guide

Report Designers can use this function to import report files that are saved locally and to import
the Cisco report templates that were installed with Unified IC.
Figure 82: Importing Reports
To import a report:
1. To import a report from your computer (an xml or zip file that is saved locally), click
Browse and navigate to the template xml file.
2. Select the Data Source from the dropdown.
Note: It is important to select the correct and appropriate data source for the imported
report. If a report is associated with the wrong data source, you will see an error when you
try to run the report.
3. Click Save To and navigate to the report category folder into which you want to categorize
the imported template(s).
4. Click Import.
5. Click Refresh on the Reports page to see the imported report.
Note:
• Data from imported reports are extracted from the xml file and saved as configuration data
in the CUIC database.
• If your Available Reports page already contains a report template with the same name is a
report you are importing, you are prompted to use the existing report or to overwrite it.
What is imported:
•
The report
•
Its Report Definition
•
Its Value Lists
•
Its Views
•
The values defined for it in Report Editor (its default view, online help, etc)
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Chapter 11: Working with the Reporting Templates
Importing Reports