Managing Report Definitions

Use the Manage button on the Admin menu to see a list of the configured report definitions in your system and access options to add, edit or view, or delete them. The standard report types are available by default, but you can add a configured report definition to further customize a selected report type, and make that customized report type option available in your system. The report definition is saved as part of your workspace when you choose to save the workspace.

FMS report definitions reference the report template files saved on your client computer, therefore the report template files are governed by your operating system security rather than CygNet security. See Security for more information.

See FMS Commands for more information about the reports commands supported by CygNet Measurement.

See Managing Report Template Files for information about the template files referenced from report definitions.

See Using the Reports Control for information about viewing, saving, printing or emailing reports.

Report Definition Properties

The following report definition properties fields appear in the Create New FMS Report Definition and Edit FMS Report Definition dialog boxes.

Report Parameters

The following report parameter fields appear in the Create New FMS Report Definition and Edit FMS Report Definition dialog boxes.

Creating a New FMS Report Definition

Click Add to create a new report definition, for each report format you wish to save.

To Create a New Report Definition in FMS Explorer

1. On the Admin menu, click Manage to access the FMS Report Definitions dialog box.

   

   Currently configured report definitions, including the Report Name and the Report Type, appear in the FMS Report Definitions dialog box, listed in alphabetical order.

2. Click Add to access the Create New FMS Report Definition dialog box.

   

3. Define the report definition properties.

1. Type a file Name into the text box.
2. Select a report Type from the drop-down menu.

4. Define the report parameters.

1. Enter the parameter values. See the corresponding report definition parameters topic for more information about parameters specific to the selected report type.
2. Repeat for each required and each optionally selected parameter desired to describe the report.

5. Click Create new. The new report definition will now appear in the list of configured FMS Report Definitions in the dialog box.

Editing an FMS Report Definition

Click Edit to view or edit the elements of a saved report definition.

To Edit an FMS Report Definition

1. On the Admin menu, click Manage to access the FMS Report Definitions dialog box.

   

   Currently configured report definitions, including the Report Name and the Report Type, appear in the FMS Report Definitions dialog box, listed in alphabetical order.

2. Either double-click on the desired report name, or click the report name in the report definitions list and then click Edit, to access the Edit FMS Report Definition dialog box. The current definition will be displayed and available for editing.

   

3. Make edits to the desired fields, as in creating a new report definition above.
4. Click Save Changes when you are done editing the report definition.

Deleting an FMS Report Definition

Click Delete to remove a saved report definition from your system.

To Delete an FMS Report Definition

1. On the Admin menu, click Manage to access the FMS Report Definitions dialog box.

   

   Currently configured report definitions, including the Report Name and the Report Type, appear in the FMS Report Definitions dialog box, listed in alphabetical order.

2. Click a report name from the report definitions list to enable the option to delete it.
3. Click Delete. A message will appear, asking you to confirm the deletion of the report definition.
4. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

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