Generating Reports Through Activity Bar
All CentraSite users have implicit (and irrevocable) view permission on report templates. This permission enables you to schedule and generate reports for any report template that is defined in CentraSite. To generate a report from the Generate Reports page, you do not explicitly need a UI permission.
The objects for which you can generate reports are:
Object | Description |
Organization | An object that represents an organization in CentraSite. |
Taxonomy | An object that represents a classification system in CentraSite. |
Asset Type | An object that identifies a set of profiles which are collections of attributes. |
Asset | An object that represents an entry in the asset catalog. |
Policy | An object that identifies a set of actions that are executed when a specified event occurs to a specified object. |
To generate a report from the activity bar
1. In the CentraSite Business UI activity bar, click Reports.
2. In the displayed list of report templates, select the report template you want to use for report generation.
3. Click View.
If you have selected a template which includes required parameters, you are prompted to provide the required parameters in the Report Parameter dialog box to generate the report successfully.
4. In the Report Parameter dialog box, provide the required information for each of the displayed data fields.
The data fields are displayed based on the report you wish to generate.
5. Click OK.
CentraSite generates the required report using BIRT reporting engine, and then displays the generated report in CentraSite Business UI.
You can also select to generate and save the report simultaneously.