Report Builder

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Related topics:

Using the Report Builder to create a report

Using the Report Builder to view a report

Viewing report details

Exporting report contents

Report Center Report Catalog

Using the Transaction Viewer

Use the Report Center > Report Builder to create high-level reports. Multi-level, flexible reports allow you to analyze data. Drill down to find details for any areas of concern.

Use the toolbar at the top to:

Clear the page and create a New report.

Save a report.

Save a report to a different name.

Schedule a saved report.

The Report Center Scheduler > Add Job > Report Selections window opens and the new report is automatically included in the Scheduled Reports list.

The availability of the Schedule icon is based on the delegated administrator permissions to use the Report Center Scheduler. The Schedule reports option must be selected in order to navigate to the Report Center Scheduler.

Share a saved report. See Share a report.

Export a report.

The Attributes list, in the left pane, contains the data types that you can use to create reports.

Use the search box above the list to further filter the list of attributes.

See What are attributes? for more information.


	Note Delegated administrator access to user information is defined on the Delegated Administrator > Edit Roles page and determines what is viewed if User is a report column. See Delegated Administration and Reporting for additional information.

Select the data elements for the report from the list of Attributes. Select an attribute and drag and drop it into the:

Grouping field to group the report results by the selected attributes.

Filters to limit the data reported.

Note that attributes are not added as columns on the report. They are used only for groupings and filters.


	Important Using any of the IP address attributes as a Grouping or Filter may impact performance and the report may take a long time to generate.

Metrics can be added to each report by dragging and dropping selected metrics to the list of headers.

Requests is part of each report, by default.

Bandwidth (bytes received plus bytes sent), Browse Time, Bytes Received, and Bytes Sent, can also be added to a report.

In the Report Builder, bandwidth values are reported in megabytes.

Add up to two attributes to the Grouping field to define the data grouping to be used in the report.

For example, drag Category to the field to create a summary report on requests by category. Add Action to the Grouping field to display the data broken down by the action within each reported category.


	Important Two-level groupings that use an attribute that is included in another attribute (for example, Category and Risk Class or User and Group) will report the same transaction detail multiple times.

Filter the report contents by dragging attributes to the Filters field. See Using the Report Builder to create a report for details on defining filters.

The Date range defines the time period covered by the report. This can be a standard period (between Today and the Last 3 months) or a specific date and time range.

Display options allow you to select the number of rows for each report, page through longer reports, or display the results in a chart rather than the default columnar format.