▪Click the icon in the left-hand bar with the report templates.
The dialog for entering the data for the new template opens. Mandatory fields are highlighted in red.
In this dialog you have the following working possibilities:
Element
Description
Create template
Report name
Name of the template.
Date of the next report
Time when reports are to be executed next according to this template.
Report creation interval
Report generation cycle, i.e. the interval between two report outputs. You can choose between minutely, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, ad hoc.
Note: With Ad hoc, a report is automatically created as soon as the creation status (see below) is active.
However, you can then also generate an ad hoc report as often as you like (see below).
Data period
Specify which time range of data you want to map in the report.
The options for the time unit are minute, hour, day, week, year.
Visibility
Use the slider to specify whether the template is visible to all users (slider active) or only to you (slider off; private).
Creation status Active/Inactive
Use the slider to specify whether the current template is active or inactive.
Inactive templates cannot be used for reports.
Report Filter
This area shows the time series contained in reports based on this template.
Note: The report filter is empty for new templates. If you create the new template on the basis of the time series selection and the time series filter (with the icon ), the filter conditions set there are already preset here.
Add a new report filter.
Add report filter
Element
Description
Name
Name of the report filter (mandatory field).
Display type
Select here how reports created with this template will be displayed. You have the same options here as in the time series visualisation.
More information about display types can be found here.
▪Select the template to be deleted in the left bar with the report templates.
▪Delete the template with .
Note: You can only delete templates that are not used by a report!
You get a system message if the template to be deleted is used by reports. You can deactivate the template instead. No further reports will then be created on the basis of the template.