Generate a Report
You can generate a PDF document to share Dashboards and query results in an executive-friendly format.
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You can generate a PDF document to share Dashboards and query results in an executive-friendly format.
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OctoXLabs Reports include the OctoXLabs Dashboard charts of the Dashboards selected, or a selected list of saved queries for any asset on your system, or a combination of both Dashboards and a selected list of saved queries. The report also includes links to the relevant OctoXLabs page providing additional details.
To learn more about Reports, see the Reports page.
The Report Configuration opens allowing you to configure the report content and set its scheduling.
To configure a new report:
Open the Report Configuration page, from the left navigation panel, click reports icon. The Reports page opens.
Click Add Report to add a new report. To view and edit an existing report, click a specific report record in the table.
Provide a report name, which must be unique.
Under Report Configuration:
Select whether to create a private or a public report. Private reports may include:
My Dashboard space charts.
Private saved queries.
If enabled, the report will be private and can only be viewed, edited or deleted by the user that created and owns that report.
If disabled, the report will be a public report. Any user with the right report permissions can view, edit or delete that report.
Select whether to include dashboard charts and then select which dashboard spaces to include.
Select whether to include Saved Queries and then configure a list of selected saved queries.
Select Generate CSV with queries results to create a CSV file with the entire saved query results for each of the listed saved queries. When you first run a report, it could take a few minutes to generate the CSV file.
To schedule an email sent with the report attached, select the Email Configuration checkbox.
Specify email subject, list of recipients and recipients CC, and select the email schedule (every x days, every x hours, on sets days of the week, or on set days of the month).
If you have configured a scheduled email, Send Email is displayed. Click it to send an email with the latest generated report.
To download the latest generated report, click Download.
You can download the latest generated report as a PDF file, a CSV file or as both CSV and PDF.
To learn more about configuring reports, see Report Configuration Page.
To schedule an email sent with the report attached, you must configure an email server.
To configure an email server, from System Settings, under External Integrations select Email enable Send emails and configure the email host and port. For more details, see Configuring - Email Settings.
