How to create a Custom Report. (4267469)

How to create a Custom Report.

1. Open the MessageStats Reports web site and create a custom report by selecting File | New Report which will open the "Web Report Wizard"
2. Click Next to open the Datasource page. Select the Datasource that matches the type of data you want in your report. Note: You cannot combine data from multiple datasources.
3. Click Next to open the Fields page and use the arrow buttons to move the fields you want into the "Selected Fields" box.
4. Click next to open the Filter page and add any filtering required to narrow down the results in your report.
5. Click next to to open the Group page and add any Grouping required.
6. Click next to open the sort page and select how you want the information in your report sorted.
7. Click next to open the Format page, you can use the information here to format the look of the report, also on this page you can limit the number of results by changing the value for "Show Top Records". Also to show summary information like Totals, Count, Min, Max, Avg click on the Advanced Summary Calculations button in the middle of the page.
8. Click next to open the Description page and enter a description of your custom report.
9. Click next to Preview your report. Note: At this point you can go back and change any of the above settings before finishing your report.
10. When you have finished your report click the finish button.
11. To Save the report select File | Save As, and select a location from the tree view where the report should be saved and give the report a name.

Note: If you save the report in "My Reports" it will be only visible to the user that created the report.