User guide

Generating Historical Data Reports
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Generating Alarm History Reports
To generate an Alarm history report:
1
Select Options | Reports and left click to select the report
you want to generate from the Report Definitions tree.
The report parameters appear on the right side of your
screen (users can only view report parameters for the
reports they generate, or reports to which they have
been granted owner access).
2 Select an Alarm. On the General tab you can specify the
period you want the report to include using the default
option,
Most Recent Events, or a specific date range. If
you choose a fixed date range from the Range Type
dropdown, calendars will appear to indicate from/to
dates.
If you have Admin access, you can select a Report
Owner, the user you want to have access to modify or generate
this report (to set up a list of users see, “Editing Users and
Passwords” on page 54).
3
In the Scheduled Generation area of the General tab,
you can choose the format for your report (PDF or tab-
separate, for Excel), to automatically generate and save
the report to a specific file location, or send the report to
an email address or a list of addresses (use a comma to
separate email addresses). You can also schedule when