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The Report Generator feature permits Role-defined groups of users to re-run (generate) certain reports themselves. |
Report Generator permits Role-defined groups of users to re-run (generate) certain reports themselves. During the report design stage, a report can be assigned a Report Group and made active for Report Generator. When configuring Report Generator, Admin selects the Report Groups that can be accessed via the Report Generator. All active reports in selected Report Groups will be accessible. Access restrictions can be set so that only nominated Roles can access particular Report Group reports. Before a User generates a report, they can change the order of sorting and grouping fields, add notes, and change the report name, if they wish. A generated report does not change the original report. It has a unique ID number and is saved with a new file name. It is also only available to the User who generated it.
As an additional option, Report Subscription can be enabled for Report Generator. This feature allows Admin to flag the original report as subscribable. This will allow Users to set up a scheduled reporting task so that their generated report can automatically be updated and emailed to themselves and any nominated recipients on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
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Step-by-step guide for Admin
During the Report Design stage, a report is assigned a Report Group. When configuring Report Generator, you decide the following:
- which group(s) of Users (all or by Role) have access to Report Generator.
- which group(s) of Users (all or by Role) have access to Report Subscription. (Note - This additional functionality can be disabled but if used, permissions for Roles should be coordinated with those in Report Generator.)
- which Report Groups are accessible by which group(s) of Users (all or by Role). (Note - Permissions for Roles should be coordinated with those in Report Generator.)
Enable and configure Report Generator settings
Report Generator can be enabled globally (for all Users) or restricted to specific Roles using the Override feature. If a User has access to Report Generator, when logged into the website, the Report Generator function appears in the Dashboard menu.
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To enable Report Generator:
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In the 'Scheduled Reporting Features Settings' screen, go to the Enable Report Generator toggle.
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Since reports may contain confidential data, it is strongly suggested that Report Generator configurations are tested in Stage before sending it to 'Live'. |
2. Configure Report Generator widget options (optional)
The Report Generator widget allows you to customise labels and text displayed in headings and fields in the Report Generator screen on your website. To access the widget,
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Step-by-step guide for Users
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