Adding Report Components

After you have created a report, regardless of whether you started with a blank template or an existing report, use the following guidelines for enhancing it:

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Right-click menus make it easy to work with report components. The Report Builder interface displays the right-click options that are available for use, and grays out those that are not.

• To add sections - Right-click on the name of the report in the tree. Select Insert Simple Components, and then select Section.

  • Sections are simply containers for the columns in a report area. For example, if you want three tables to appear side-by-side, you create a section, add three columns, then insert the tables as described below.
  • Use the up and down arrow buttons to move sections up and down in the tree to place them where you want them.
  • Use the word "Section" or the letter "S" in the section name to help you keep track of components.
  • You can add an empty buffer section between sections.
  • You must have at least one column per section.

• To add columns - Right-click on a section, select Insert Simple Components, and then select Column.

  • Columns cause items in your report to appear side-by-side.
  • You can add one (minimum) or more columns to each section.
  • You can add an empty buffer column between columns.
  • Use the word "Column" or the letter "C" in the section name to help you keep track of components.

• To add simple components - Click Edit on the tool bar or right-click on the name of your report in the tree. Select Insert Simple Components, and then select the item you want to add.

  • In addition to sections and columns, simple components include page breaks, headers and footers, and more.

• To add data fields, tables, charts, and floor plans - To add one of these report components to the highest level in the tree, click the name of the report in the tree (the top-level node). To add a report component to a section, click the column in that section that you want to add the component to. Then either right-click or click Edit on the tool bar. Select the item you want to add.

  

  Note

  When building alarm tables with an ap_MAC column, the ap_MAC column will only show data for alarms that were triggered by a wireless client (station) associated to an AP's BSS. Other alarms will leave this field blank.
  • Use the up and down arrows to move items within the tree.