User`s guide

24 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
Guard Tour Reports
Guard tour reports allo w view ing or print ing a
listing of events pertaining to previous guard
tours for a specific account. A date/time r ange
can be specif ied, and the r eport can als o be
limited to sp ecific items s uch as guard tour
alarms, or the guard arriving early or late.
TechTip: Reports pertaining to past events are based
on the present event list, plus any archived data that
has been re-imported using the archive feature.
See: "Exporting or Importing Activity or Audit Logs".
Active Guard Tours
: For details on monitoring a guard-
tour, refer to "Guard Tours".
As well, guar d tour reports can be vie wed
and/or printe d right aw ay, saved for f uture
reference, or e xported for manipulation with
another program.
For better performance, activity and guard-tour reports
cover only the latest 5000 messages in the activity log.
For even faster execution, keep the activity log to a
suitable size via regular use of the Archive and/or
Purge features.
See: "Exporting or Importing Activity or Audit Logs",
and "Removing old Activity or Audit Logs".
Running a Guard Tour Report
1) Select Guard Tour Report from your
MyTools bar, or
click [Reports] in the 'tree',
and select Guard Tour.
2) Multi-Account Systems: Select the desired
account near the centre of the screen.
Tip: This option appears only if you didn't already
have an account 'open' in the tree.
3) Select the date/time range to be covered by
the report (under "From" and "To").
Tip: See the item-descriptions if you need help.
4) Select the types of events to be included in
the report (you must select at least one).
5) Select a report 'destination' (i.e., whether it is
to be viewed, printed, or saved as a file).
If you select "Archive" or a type of "File", click
[File...], set the location and filename as
desired, and click Save.
6) Click [Run], and respond to any additional
screen(s) that appear (details to follow).
For details on viewing and printing displayed reports,
refer to "Working with the Report Viewer".
If Printing a Guard Tour Report
To print a report without viewing it first: Select
the type of report and other criteria as usual,
and select Printer as the destination. Then,
select Run, and click OK w hen the 'Print'
screen appea rs. Tip: To select a dif ferent
printer click Printer, and m ake your se lection
from the 'Print Setup' screen that appears.
To view a report before prin ting
: Select the
type of report and other criteria as usua l,
and select ' Screen' as t he destination.
Then, click Run.
For details on vie wing an d printing the
displayed report, refer to " Working with the
Report Viewer".
If Exporting a Guard Tour Report as a
File (Archive/Text File/Report Emulation
File)
Select the typ e of report an d other criteri a as
usual, and the desired file-type a s the
'destination'. Then, click [File...]. In the next
screen, set the location and filena me as
desired, and click Save when finished. Then
click Run.
Viewing/Printing a Previously Saved
Guard Tour Report-Archive
Select Guard Tour Report from your MyTools
bar, or
click [Reports] in the 'tree', and select
Guard Tour . Then, clic k [Load archi ved
report] at the bottom of the form.
Multi-Account Systems: You do not have to select an
account since that was done when the report was
archived.
In the ne xt screen, locat e and sele ct the
desired archived report ( .raf), and click Open
(or simply double-click the file).
For details on viewing and printing displayed reports,
refer to "Working with the Report Viewer".
Reporting on Previous Guard-Tours