Stat 6.1 - User Guide


	NOTE: Saving report criteria enables you to generate reports directly through Stat Web. For more information, see the section, Running Reports through Stat Web .

To save report criteria:

After defining the criteria you want, click the Save icon.

This opens the Save Report Criteria dialog box.

Select the type of access you want other users to have to your criteria.

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Select the Personal option if you don’t want to grant access to other users. You can then use this criteria to run reports at a later time, or you can open the Personal Configuration window and on the Scheduled Reports tab schedule the Stat Central Agent to run the reports automatically.

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Select the System option if you want to make the criteria available for report scheduling jobs to be run by Stat Central Agents, as defined in the Job Maintenance window. Any user who has access to the Job Maintenance window has access to this criteria. If you select the System option, the Available to all users option is enabled. Selecting this check box makes the criteria available to all members of the service domain for scheduling reports or running them interactively.

In the Description field, enter a brief description of the criteria.

The description can be up to 35 characters. This description helps you identify the criteria for later use.

Click OK.

Running Reports through Stat Web

Users that do not have access to the Stat Windows client can still view reports ‘on demand’ through Stat Web. Reports generated through Stat Web are displayed as .pdf files in the browser window or as Excel files. They are considered ‘on demand’ reports because they can be viewed by Stat Web account holders at any time, not according to the time the reports are scheduled in the Stat Windows client to be emailed, exported, or printed.

To view a report in Stat Web, the report must have available criteria that was previously defined and saved in the Stat Windows client.

To run reports in Stat Web:

Open your internet browser and go to the URL address for Stat Web, as configured by your system administrator.


	NOTE: The URL address for Stat Web is displayed on the About box of the Stat Windows client. Select Help \| About Stat.... to open the About box.

Enter your user name in the User Name field.

Enter your password in the Password field.

Click Log in or press <Enter>.

After you successfully login, Stat opens the CSR Console main window.

Click Reports in the user account drop-down menu.

This opens the Stat Web Report Viewer. To run reports through Stat Web, the report criteria must have already been defined in the Stat Windows Client.

Select the category of the report.

Select the report you want to run.

Select the report criteria.

Options include both system criteria or personal criteria. After you make your selection, the Stat Web Report Viewer shows the criteria values.

Specify if you want to include a cover page with the report.


	NOTE: The cover page option is not enabled for Excel and crosstab reports.

Click Generate.

Stat Web generates the report and, depending on the type of report. displays it either as a pdf or an Excel file.

Scheduling Reports

You can configure Stat to print, export, or email certain reports automatically at scheduled time intervals. Stat can do this while you are away, and it does not require your computer to be on. For example, you can schedule a CSR by Status report to be emailed every Monday at 7 A.M. to all the members of your development team.

Automatically printing, exporting, or emailing reports are jobs performed by the Stat Central Agent. For more information, see the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 6, “Configuring the Stat Central Agent.”

To schedule a report you need to know:

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The type of report you want printed, exported, or emailed

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The saved report criteria that you want to use. You can use your own report criteria or a criteria created by your system administrator.

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When you want the report printed, exported, or emailed

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If printing the report, the printer you want the Stat Central Agent to use. The print job is routed to the Stat Central Agent and doesn’t have to be a printer connected to your computer, just one that the Agent can access. In most instances, Stat Central Agents use network printers.

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If exporting the report, its destination. When specifying the export destination, use the drive mappings of the Stat Central Agent application, not the mappings of your PC.

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If emailing the report, the names and email addresses of the people that you want the report sent to

You can schedule report jobs either through the Stat Report Wizard or the Schedule Reports tab of the Personal Configuration window:

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In the Stat Support Console, click Setup. Then in the Personal Configuration window, select the Schedule Reports tab.

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Select Reports | Report Wizard. Then in the Report Action section, select the Schedule option and click Next.

Both the Stat Report Wizard and the Scheduled Reports tab list all your scheduled print or email report jobs by service domain. To edit or view the details of a scheduled job, select it and then click Details.... This opens the Job Maintenance window. From here you can temporarily disable the job, change the day/time it runs, or just verify the schedule. This window is discussed in greater detail in the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 6, “Configuring the Stat Central Agent.”

To permanently remove a job from the system, select the job and click Delete. Stat displays a message box prompting you to confirm the deletion. Click Yes. If you want to run this job again in the future, you must reschedule it. If you only want to prevent a job from running temporarily, disable it rather than deleting it.

The Scheduled Reports tab displays the following information:

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Service Domain - The selected service domain is the data source for the report.

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Enabled - If this box is checked, the report runs according to the schedule you specify. The report is disabled if the box is deselected.

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Job ID - A system generated number which uniquely identifies your scheduled report in Stat.

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Description - Displays the report description.

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Last Updated - The date and time the job was last modified.

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Updated By - The user who last updated the job.

To schedule a job:

In the Service Domain field, select the service domain from which you want to run the report.

Depending on the type of job you want to schedule, click Print Job... (which is also used for exporting reports) or Email Job....

This opens the Job Maintenance window.

In the Description field, enter a description that will identify the job on the Scheduled Report tab.

The defaults are Print Report and Email Report. It is recommended that you enter a unique description if you have multiple jobs scheduled. For example, a job that prints all CSRs assigned to you could be “Print All My CSRs.”


	NOTE: If you schedule an Email Report job, your system administrator can configure Stat to execute the job only when data is actually written to the report. This way, if a report is blank, it will not be emailed to users. For more information, see the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 4, “General Maintenance Tables.”

If you want to temporarily prevent Stat from processing this job, deselect the Job Enabled option. To resume the scheduled job, select the option.

For more information on the Job Definition tab, see the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 6, “Configuring the Stat Central Agent.”

Open the Report tab.

In the Category field, select the report category you want.

In the Report field, scroll down and select the report you want to print or email.


	NOTE: Not all Stat reports can be scheduled. The Report field displays only the reports in the selected category that can be scheduled.

In the Criteria field, scroll down and select the previously saved criteria you want to use to run this report.

Only criteria compatible with the selected report are displayed. In addition, if no criteria profile has been saved for the selected report, the job cannot be scheduled. For more information on saving report criteria, see Saving Report Criteria .

Open on the Schedule tab.

In the Day Schedule field, select the type of schedule you want:

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The Day of Week option allows you to run the job on specific days of the week

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The Day of Month option allows you to run the job on the first or last day of the month

In the Time Schedule field, select the type of schedule you want:

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Select the Scheduled Hours option if you want to run the job at specific hours of the day. Select the hours you want the job to run by checking the appropriate boxes. The hours are listed in military format. If you want the report to run at a time other than on the hour, you can also specify the exact minute by entering the value directly in the minutes after hour field.

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Select the Minute Intervals option if you want to run the report throughout the day at intervals of less than one hour. Enter the number of minutes between printings.

Open the Destination tab.

Depending on the type of job you selected, either the Print section or the email section of the Destination tab will be disabled.

Do one of the following:

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If scheduling a print job, select Printer in the Print Report To field. Then in the Printer field, select a printer from the list of available printers. Printers are defined by your system administrator.

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If scheduling an export job, select File in the Print Report To field. Then in the Destination field, type the location where you want to export the file, or click the Folder icon and select the location. When specifying a location, remember to use the drive mappings of the Stat Central Agent and not those of your PC.


	NOTE: Reports can only be saved in the style they have been formatted (.PDF,.xlsx).

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If scheduling an email job, specify the recipients in the email field. The procedure for specifying email recipients in Stat is described in the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 7, “Email Configuration.” For more information, see your system administrator.

Open the Error Notification tab.

In the Error Notification tab, you can configure an agent to send emails to certain Stat users or user classes when errors are encountered processing the print, export, or email job. Setting up error notifications is optional. If you do not set up error notifications for a job, Stat sends an email to each user in the error notification list defined for the Stat Central Agent.

Click New.

In the Recipient Type field and either select User if you want to add an individual user or select Class if you want to add a user class.

In the Recipient field, select either the individual user or user class you want to add.

Repeat previous 3 steps for each recipient you want to add.

Click OK or Apply.

Click Refresh to see your job displayed in the Scheduled Reports tab.

The Stat Central Agent processes your job the next time it rebuilds its job schedule, which can be the same day if you do a force rebuild on the agent, or you can wait until the following day when it rebuilds its schedule automatically. For more information on job schedules, see the book, Stat System Administration, Chapter 6, “Configuring the Stat Central Agent.”