There are four types of report templates defined in LogPoint.
My report templates: The templates you made.
Used report templates: The templates you used previously.
Shared report templates: The templates shared by other users.
Vendor report templates: The templates provided to you by the vendor, i.e. LogPoint.
Types of Report Templates¶
LogPoint automatically runs a Report Template based on the defined scheduling rules. You can also run it manually whenever you want. To run a template manually,
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Click the Run This Report icon in the Actions column to open the Run Report panel.
Select the desired Repos, the Time Zone, and the Time Range.
Run Report¶
Select one of the Export Type formats.
Enter the Email address(es), if you want to send the report as an attachment in the email.
Enter Password to encrypt the report.
Note
Reports in formats PDF, XLS, DOCX, and CSV are password protected.
If the Data Privacy is enabled in the system, you can to view the Data privacy module tab.
Check Generate report with the original data if you want to decrypt the fields in the report.
Check Show raw logs to access the raw logs in the report.
Click Submit.
Note
If Data Privacy is enabled, when you select Generate report with the original data, a request message is sent to the users with the Can Grant Access permission. To view the request, go to Settings >> Configurations >> Data Privacy Module >> Pending Request.
The report can be viewed or downloaded only after the request is approved.
To view ad-hoc or recurring reports, click Run for the report in the Template tab. Your settings for the scheduled reports are not overwritten.
When you run a report manually, it does not change the report’s automatically scheduled time.
You can share a report template with all the users in the system and give them the read, edit, or full permissions. Any changes made in the report templates are visible to all the shared users.
Each parameter in a shared report template is categorized into two types:
Global parameters can be changed only by the users with the Edit or Full permissions. Changes in the global parameters are reflected for all the users using the shared report template. The following parameters are global:
The name and the report layout of the report template.
The queries, query order, and query render type of the report template.
Personalized parameters can be changed by all the users. However, the changes in the personalized parameters are reflected only for the users making the change. The following parameters are personalized:
Scheduling configurations
Data privacy configurations in data privacy enabled systems.
Selected repos
Email and memory usage configuration for scheduled report jobs.
Password
Note
A user with the Full permission can also Share and Delete a shared report template.
You cannot share a Used report template.
To share a report template:
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Click the Share/Unshare icon in the Actions column for the report.
Select the users groups for all the users you want to share the report templates.
Providing permissions for a shared report template¶
Select the Read, Edit, or Full permissions for the users. Refer to the introduction section of Sharing a Report Template for details on user permissions.
Click Submit
Note
You can unshare a report template by removing the permissions for all the user groups from the Share Report Template panel.
Go to Settings >> User Accounts >> Users.
De-activate the user by clicking the De-Activate User icon in the Actions column.
Click Manage De-Activated Users.
Click the Delete icon in the Actions column of the user.
Click Yes.
Note
While deleting a shared report template’s owner, you must delete the shared template or transfer the template’s ownership to another user. You can do this from the Transfer Ownership panel that appears when you attempt to delete a user whose template is being shared.
To transfer the ownership, select a user from the drop-down and click Submit.
Transferring the Ownership of a Shared Report Template¶
Note
The transferred template is listed in the Report Templates page in the owner’s system.
To delete the user and user’s template without transferring their ownership, click Delete.
Deleting a Shared Report Template’s Owner¶
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Select the report templates you want to export.
Label Packages¶
Click Export.
Save the exported package.
Note
When a report template is exported, the password set in the template is not exported with it. You need to set a password again for the exported template.
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Label Packages¶
Click Import.
Browse for the required report templates.
Click Upload.
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Click the Clone Report icon under the Actions column for the template.
Enter a new Name for the cloned template.
Select the Replace Existing? checkbox to replace an existing template with the same name.
Click Clone.
Note
When a report template is cloned, the password set in the template is not cloned with it. You need to set a password again for the cloned template.
Go to Report >> Report Templates.
Click the Delete icon under the Actions column for the template.
A delete confirmation dialog box appears on the screen. Click Yes to proceed.
