To create a report, simply select the options you want then click the OK button at the bottom of the form. To define the report, you may pick from a variety of different time periods, types of reports, grouping/sorting options and more. Your report can include tables or graphs or even both.<P>
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<LI><A HREF="#TimePeriod">Time Period</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Reports">Types of Reports</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Calculations">Types of Calculations</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Output">Output (text or graphics)</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Grouping">Grouping and Sorting</A></LI>
Collapses the data as much as possible. Ideal when you want one number as a result, frequently an average.
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<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="Consolidate" VALUE="TRUE" CHECKED> Consolidate similar times<BR>
Combines same days of the week, same days of the month, etc. Use if Summarize is off unless you want a different group for every unique Time Period implied by Group.
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You can use various combinations of Summarize and Consolidate to produce very different reports. For example, if you group by Day of the Month and calculate Total Requests:
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<LI>Turning on Summarize will produce one number, the total number of requests during that period. Grouping and Consolidate are irrelevant.</LI>
<LI>Turning off Summarize but leaving Consolidate on will produce about 30 groups, one for each day in the month.</LI>
<LI>Turning off both Summarize and Consolidate will create a group for each individual day in your report. This is most useful for carefully analyzing a short time period.</LI>
Depending on the size of your database and the complexity of the report, the results may not appear on your screen for many minutes. In the meantime, you can switch to other applications and continue to use your computer as you normally would.
