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.

Property	Value
Name	Type in the Name for the new report.
Type	Click to select the Report type you wish to add from the drop-down menu. Options are as follows. Balance Contribution* Balance Details* Balance Overview* Batch Changed Device Data Changed Station Data Configuration Device Total QTR Event Gas Analysis (Gas) Device QTR Gas Device Raw QTR Job (in conjunction with CygNet Dispatch) Late Job (in conjunction with CygNet Dispatch) Liquid Device QTR Liquid Device Raw QTR Missing Data* Missing Data Overview* Normalization View Ticket *Note: Balance and Missing Data report types do not access archived data. Other report types can access archived data that exists within the specified command date range.

Report Parameters

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

Parameter	Value
Description	This column lists the Description of each report definition parameter for which you can define values. Report definition parameters are specific to each report type, and appear in the corresponding Report Definition dialog box.
Value	Click in the Value field to enter the value for the selected report definition parameter. Options are indicated in the selected cell, and may include accessing a browser ..., accessing a drop-down menu, or typing the value directly into the text box. See the corresponding Report Definitions topic for parameter descriptions specific to each of the following report types. Balance Contribution Balance Details Balance Overview Batch Changed Device Data Changed Station Data Configuration Device Total QTR Event Gas Analysis (Gas) Device QTR Gas Device Raw QTR Job Late Job Liquid Device QTR Liquid Device Raw QTR Missing Data Missing Data Overview Normalization View Ticket

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.

FMS Report Definitions

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.

Create New FMS Report Definition

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.

FMS Report Definitions

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.

Edit FMS Report Definition

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.

FMS Report Definitions

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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More:

Balance Contribution Report Definitions

Balance Details Report Definitions

Balance Overview Report Definitions

Batch Report Definitions

Changed Device Data Report Definitions

Changed Station Data Report Definitions

Configuration Report Definitions

Device Total QTR Report Definitions

Event Report Definitions

Gas Analysis Report Definitions

(Gas) Device QTR Report Definitions

Gas Device Raw QTR Report Definitions

Job Report Definitions

Late Job Report Definitions

Liquid Device QTR Report Definitions

Liquid Device Raw QTR Report Definitions

Missing Data Report Definitions

Missing Data Overview Report Definitions

Normalization View Report Definitions

Ticket Report Definitions