Access General Reporting
- Becky Weinberg (Unlicensed)
- Pamela Totas (Deactivated)
If this is your first time running Eagle PACE, complete the following procedure to access the General Reporting module.
In the Reporting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Data Management Reports > Olap Reporting >General Reporting > General Reporting.
You see the General Reporting module.
Reporting Toolbar
Use the options on the Reporting toolbar to create and maintain reports and navigate around the General Reporting module. The options displayed on the toolbar depends on which tab, (Components, Reports, or Results) you have selected. Refer to the following table for information on the toolbar options.
Option | Description |
Forward | Click to return to the last viewed window after clicking Back. |
Back | Click to go back to the last window you used in Reporting. |
Refresh | Click to refresh the window. |
Explore | Displays a categorized view of report components. Depending on which display option you have selected, it displays only your items or all available items. |
Workspace | Click to open the workspace and create or maintain a report. This option is only available from the Reports Explorer or the Viewer when an active report is in the workspace. |
Viewer | Click to view a report result. This option is only available from the Reports Explorer or the workspace when an active report result is in the Viewer. |
New | Available when the Components or Reports tab is selected. Click to create a new Advanced Report or Report Package. Additional options appear depending on which item in the left window is highlighted. |
Configure | Click to change the parameters in the General Reporting module. |
Submit | Available when the Reports or Results tab is selected, and a report or report profile is highlighted. Click to send the selected report to the server to be run. You can also choose to submit a report with overrides. |
General Reporting Modes
Reporting contains two modes you can use to build reports. You should determine which mode is best for your needs and select that mode. If you belong to a group of developers, everyone in that group should create their reports in the same mode, since once you create a report in one mode, you cannot edit it in the other mode.
To switch modes, click the arrow to the right of Configure on the Reporting Toolbar and select Change Modes.
Most of the instructions and illustrations use the Build Components Mode.
Build Reports Mode
Using this mode, you interact with the different components that make up a report, including Source Rule, Grouping Rule, Field Rule, and Report Rule. You create a Report Profile using wizards. Build Reports Mode contains two tabs, Reports and Results.
Build Components Mode
This mode is a streamlined method you can use to create the individual components used in a report. Build Components mode has three tabs: Components, Reports and Results.
Components Tab
You see the Components tab only in Build Components mode. It displays the Components folder, located on the left side of your window. Refer to the following table for a description of the options on the Components tab.
Option | Description |
Most Recent | Displays the most recently accessed or created rules and filters. The number of reports displayed here is determined in Configure. |
Report Rules | Defines the structure of a report. Report rules bring together field rules, grouping rules and source rules. See Report Rules for more information. |
Source Rules | Determines where a report gets its data. See Source Rules for more information. |
Field Rules | Determines what data is displayed in the report. See Field Rules for more information. |
Grouping Rules | Determines how data is organized in a report, and how subtotals are presented in a report. |
Fields | Lists the available field attributes. Each field attribute points to a specific column in the database. You must create a field attribute for each column you want to include in a report. |
Date Rules | Generates date parameters for a report. See Date Rules for more information. |
Performance Calculation Rules | Defines the structure of the performance returns report, and brings together field rules, grouping rules and source rules. There are two types of performance calculations rules: Composite Weighted Returns, and Performance Returns. See Performance Calculation for more information on performance calculation rules. |
Reports Tab
Refer to the following table for a description of the options on the Reports tab.
Option | Description |
Most Recent | Displays the most recently accessed or created reports. The number of reports displayed here is determined in the Configure tab. |
Reports | Lists the types of reports available. |
Performance Calculations | Defines the structure of the Performance Return report. This option is available only in Build Component mode. Performance calculations bring together Field Rules, Grouping Rules and Source Rules. |
Packages | Distributes a collection of submitted reports, called Packages, to selected users in your business group. |
My Folders | Stores and sends your report results to folders created by a user. These personal folders are displayed only to the user who created them. You can create up to five levels of personal folders. Reports and results that you place in personal folders are displayed in the appropriate reporting folder in the Reports Explorer, such as Positions or Single Period, and appear in My Folder. You create new folders in the workspace as well as in the Reports Explorer. From the My Folders section of the Reports Explorer, right-click to select New Folder, Rename Folder, Delete Folder or Find, to search Report names for a specific string. |
Public Folders | Shares your reports with other users and allows you to view reports from other users. Only the owner and users with privileges to specific reports can edit those reports. All users can submit and copy a report design. You can create up to five levels of public folders. Reports and results placed in public folders are displayed in the appropriate reporting folder, such as Positions or Single Period, in the Reports Explorer and also appear in Public Folders. You can create new folders in the workspace as well as in the Reports Explorer. From the Public Folders section of the Reports Explorer, right-click to select New Folder, Rename Folder, Delete Folder or Find, to search Report names for a specific string. |
Reports Right-Click Menu
When you right-click a report, you see a shortcut menu. If you are the report owner you see a full menu of options. If you are not the owner, some options are unavailable. Refer to the following table for a description of the options on the Reports right-click menu.
Option | Description |
New | Select to either open the workspace or access a wizard to create a new report, depending on which mode you are in. |
Edit | Select to either open the workspace or access a wizard to edit an existing report, depending on which mode you are in. |
Copy | Select to copy a report. |
Delete | Select to delete a report. Only the owner of a report can delete it. |
Rename | Select to rename a report. |
Publish | Select to open the Publish Profile window. This option is only available if you are the report owner. |
Transfer Ownership | Select to move the ownership of a report or component to another user. This option is only available if you are the report owner. |
View | Select to display the details of the report. |
Show History | Select to display a list of users who modified this report and the date changes were made. |
Usage | Select to display other reports, packages and rules where the same report and underlying report components are used. |
Find on Page | Select to search for reports by name, type, subtype, owner, date or comments. |
Show Profiles with no schemas | Highlights the Profile Name in yellow if configured for a codeless exporter and no schema was configured. When a report is configured for a codeless exporter, it can be sent from PACE to another location. Once a report is configured for a codeless exporter, you cannot view it in PACE. |
Show Profiles with exporter options | Highlights the Profile Name in green if configured for a codeless exporter and a schema was configured. |
Migration | Select to export a report as an .egl file so you can import it into another environment. |
Submit | Select to send the report to the server to be run. |
Submit with Overrides | Select to submit the report to the server to be run with one time options that override the options stored in the report. |
Report Status Queue
The Report Status Queue, located in the bottom corner of the Reports window, displays all of the reports that the server processed or is processing. Each report is automatically cleared from this window two weeks after it is submitted. Each report displays a status of Running, Completed, or Failed. When you right-click a report status, you see the right-click menu.
Refer to the following table for a description of the options on the Report Status Queue right-click menu.
Option | Description |
Delete | Select to delete the highlighted item from the Report Status Queue window. |
Flush | Select to remove the Completed or Failed status from each item. |
Details | Select to view information on the report status, such as the log location. |
Find | Select to search for a specific report based on criteria in one of these fields: Report, Status, Start at, and Finished at. |
Refresh | Select to refresh the data in the Status Queue window. |
View Today’s Items | Select to display only the items submitted today. |
View All Items | Select to display all of the items that were submitted since the server started running. |
Configure General Reporting Parameters
Select System Configuration from the Configure menu on the Reporting Toolbar to display the System Configuration dialog box. Use the settings on this dialog box to change the way the Reporting window appears and functions. The System Configuration dialog box has three tabs: General, Reports, and Results. For information on the Reports and Results tab refer to Report Results.
General Tab
Use the settings on the General tab to determine how the Reporting module appears.
Refer to the following table for a description of the options on the General tab.
Option | Description |
Automatically refresh the Reports queue and Results every xx secs. | Sets how often the data is refreshed in the Report Queue and Report Results windows. When you click Refresh on the main window, only the displayed data is refreshed. |
Always go to Build Components mode when I login | Selected by default. Opens the Build Components Mode when logging into Reporting. If this option is not selected, General Reporting opens in the last mode you used. This option is only available if you have access to both Build Reports Mode and Build Components Mode. |
Remember the last xx screen(s) I was working with | Sets the number of previously visited screens you want PACE to remember. If you enter zero, the Back and Forward buttons are deactivated. |
Remember the xx most recent item(s) I used | Sets the number of items to be displayed in the Most Recent Folder, including Reports, Report Rules and Field Rules. |
When I login set my active tab as | Use to select which tab is active when you log into Reporting. You can select Components, available only in Build Components mode, Reports, or Results. In Build Components Mode, the Components tab is displayed by default. In Build Reports Mode, the Reports tab is displayed by default. |
Setup my Restore Options | Overrides both Login Mode settings. By default, no options are selected. Options include:
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Setup my Additional Options | Sets up additional options. By default, no options are selected. The additional options include:
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Organize my Report and Result Explorers | Displays checkboxes that allow you to select which items and reports appear in the Report Categories window. You have access to all Reporting folders by default. Also, if a new public folder is added, all users have access to that folder by default. You can hide the public folder using this feature. |
Customize Pagination options in all Explorers | Sets up paging in the Reports Explorer. Paging allows you to retrieve and process reporting windows more quickly. |
Show me xx items per page | Sets the number of reports to display on each page. Enter a value between 50—500. The setting is applied to the current user in PACE Reporting. |
Leave new/updated items on the current page | Keeps newly created or edited items on the page. |
Working with Components
Components include reports and the items that make up reports. You can edit your own components, or other users components, including:
Reports
Report Rules
Field Attributes
Source Rules
Field Rules
Grouping Rules
Range Rules
Filter Rules
Date Rules
Editing Components
Complete the following procedure to edit components:
Double-click the item.
Right-click and select Edit from the right-click menu, or select Edit from the Compose menu on the Reporting Toolbar.
Published Component Edits
All items added to a reporting component are available to all users and business groups to which it is published. For example, if a field rule is published to a business group, and you then edit the field rule to contain additional field attributes. When you save the field rule, the additional field attributes are available to all published users and groups of the field rule.
If one or more field attributes are not published to all of the users or groups who have access to the field rule, you can publish the attributes to the identified parties before saving the rule. You see a window that identifies the components that are not published to the target users and groups. If you do not have permission to publish items to other users or groups, you cannot save the field rule.
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