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Activity Reports
Activity reporting allows viewing or printing a
listing of various types of events that have
occurred for a specific account. A date/time
range can be specified, and the report can also
be limited to a specific area, device, person,
etc.
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".
As well, activity reports can be viewed and/or
printed right away, saved for future reference,
or exported for manipulation with another
program.
For better performance, activity 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 an Activity Report
1) Select Activity Report from your MyTools
bar, or
click [Reports] in the 'tree', and select
Activity.
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) To limit the report to a specific person, area,
door, etc., click [Search For], and select the
desired criteria.
To clear an individual selection, select it and use
your Backspace or Delete key. To reset/clear all
selections, scroll down and click [Reset].
Tip: You can scroll within the form to view
additional items if necessary.
6) 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.
7) 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 an Activity 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 when the 'Print'
screen appears. Tip: To select a different
printer click Printer, and make your selection
from the 'Print Setup' screen that appears.
To view a report before printing
: Select the
type of report and other criteria as usual,
and select 'Screen' as the destination.
Then, click Run.
For details on viewing and printing the
displayed report, refer to "Working with the
Report Viewer".
If Exporting an Activity Report as a File
(Archive/Text File/Report Emulation
File)
Select the type of report and other criteria as
usual, and the desired file-type as the
'destination'. Then, click [File...]. In the next
screen, set the location and filename as
desired, and click Save when finished. Then
click Run.
Viewing/Printing a Previously Saved
Activity Report-Archive
Select Activity Report from your MyTools bar,
or
click [Reports] in the 'tree', and select
Activity. Then, click [Load archived report]
at the bottom of the form (scroll down if
necessary).
Multi-Account Systems: You do not have to select an
account since that was done when the report was
archived.
In the next screen, locate and select 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".
Screen Reference
Reporting on System & Personnel Activity