Creating A Report

Use the Reports Server web UI to create, save, load, link, or print a report.

You can open the InterMapper Reports window from an InterMapper map.

Opening the Reports Window

To open the InterMapper Reports window:

  1. Select a device in an InterMapper map window.
  2. Right-click the device and from the Context menu, choose Reports. The InterMapper Reports window appears in a new browser window as shown below.


InterMapper Reports window in View mode

Two other ways you can also open the Reports window:

Creating a New Report

There are several ways to create a report:

To create a new report from a template:

  1. If you haven't stored any reports, you can start with a template.
  2. From the Report window's File menu (shown at right,) choose New. The Templates list appears, as shown below.
  3. Click to choose a template from the left side of the list. A set of parameters for that template appears on the right. You can also click Saved Reports to view a list of reports that have already been saved.
  4. Choose from the template's available parameters.
  5. Click Create Report. The report loads with the selected parameters.

 


The Templates List

Report types

Report templates fall into two general categories:

Graph - Can be used with datasets that contain only numeric data. Three display options are available in a Graph report:

  • Area - a line chart with the area below the line filled.
  • Line - a line chart with a dot at each data point.
  • Bar - a bar chart.
Table - a tabular report, containing columns and rows.

To create a new report from the Empty Report template:

  1. If you choose the Empty Report template, you can create a report from scratch. You can also recall an existing report to use as a starting point.
  2. Click Edit, located just below the File and Export menus. The Reports window changes to Edit mode. (The Edit button toggles the report in and out of Edit mode.)

Editing a Report

The image below shows the controls you can use to fine-tune your report definition.


InterMapper Reports window in Edit mode

Once in Edit mode, you need to answer some or all of these questions (in the areas shown above), depending on your requirements for this report:

Additional Report-editing Features

Use a number of other controls to customize your report further:

Opening a Saved Report

You can save any number of reports, then open, view or print them at a later time. For more information, see Managing and Printing Your Reports(Pg 1).