LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Custom Reports
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After a short time, the resulting data is displayed graphically.
When you close the report window, you lose the contents of the report unless you
export it first.
Export report data
Once you produce a report, exporting is the best way to save the data for future use.
You cannot produce the same report at a later date if the data has expired from the
database.
1 In the Console, produce and view your report.
2 Click Export Report Data.
3 In the browser dialog, specify the output path and name the exported file.
In the Save as type field, specify "CSV".
Custom Reports
You can create and use custom reports if the standard reports are insufficient for
your needs.
What are custom reports?
While standard reports are provided for your use by Platform, custom reports are
reports you create as needed to satisfy specific reporting needs at your site.
Custom reports let you define combinations of data that are not available in the
standard reports. Custom report output is always displayed in tabular format.
What can I do with custom reports?
Creating reports The easiest way to create a custom report is to copy an existing report, then
customize the SQL query string as desired. To customize the SQL query string, you
may need to refer to the data schema, which describes the organization of
information in the relational database. The data schema for each standard report is
available in the Console by opening the report and clicking Help.
Even if you cannot edit SQL, saving a report as a custom report lets you re-use the
report data without having to re-input the parameters in the standard report.
- If the time period is fixed, you get the same data every time you produce the
report, but the report will be empty when the data expires from the database.
- If the time period is relative, you can get data for a different time period each time
you produce the report.
You can also define custom reports from a blank template and input the SQL query
string directly.
When you create custom reports, you can enter a category and use it to group the
reports any way you want.
Deleting reports Unlike standard reports, custom reports can be deleted. You might prefer to rename
old reports (by modifying them) instead of deleting them.