Chapter 7. Report Walkthrough - Creating Your Report

This chapter walks you through creating an example report step-by-step. To create a report:

  1. Login to the application.

    Navigate to http://<host>:8080/elx/ to view the Elixir Ambience Web Console. Type the domain name (for example, “eno”, “foxx”, etc) and the appropriate user name and password to sign in.

  2. Click Create - Ad-hoc Report and then click the relevant universe - in this example Cars as shown in Figure 7.1, “Create Ad-hoc Report”:

    Figure 7.1. Create Ad-hoc Report

    Create Ad-hoc Report
  3. Select a location in the repository from the drop-down list, as shown in Figure 7.2, “Select Repository Location”. Enter the file name and click Create.

    Figure 7.2. Select Repository Location

    Select Repository Location
  4. The system creates a blank report, and opens it in a new browser tab as shown in Figure 7.3, “System Creates a Blank Report”.

    Figure 7.3. System Creates a Blank Report

    System Creates a Blank Report
  5. Click the Information band and enter a title. Select the page number to be on the left, and the date and time to be on the right side of the page, as shown in Figure 7.4, “Setting up the Information Band”.

    Figure 7.4. Setting up the Information Band

    Setting up the Information Band
  6. Click the Table Band and enter a title as shown in Figure 7.5, “Setting up the Table Title”.

    Figure 7.5. Setting up the Table Title

    Setting up the Table Title
  7. Click the Add Column icon (+ sign) under Groups and select the Groups for display, as shown in Figure 7.6, “Setting up Groups”.

    Figure 7.6. Setting up Groups

    Setting up Groups
  8. Click the Add Column icon (+ sign) under Fields and select the Fields for display, as shown in Figure 7.7, “Setting up Fields”.

    Figure 7.7. Setting up Fields

    Setting up Fields
  9. Click Report on the main toolbar to preview your report, as shown in Figure 7.8, “Sample Report”.

    Figure 7.8. Sample Report

    Sample Report