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Overview

 

Reports are a very useful tool for data analysis - a report can return specific information about the devices paired to your MCL-Mobility Platform account and other entities such as sites, operators, etc. ( = the account's masterdata).

The data displayed by the reports are retrieved and organized via the "Reporting Service".

The returned device info is kept up-to-date due to periodical synchronizations between MCL-Mobility Platform and the paired devices via the MCL-Agent software installed in each device.

 

MCL-Mobility Platform provides a list of report templates you can choose from to get the information you need. For instance, there is a report template that returns a list of devices paired to your account with the corresponding static info (status, SN, model, installed firmware, device group it is included in, etc.), a report template that returns a list of the account's sites with details on each one, another one that lists the operators, etc.

 

The available report templates are categorized into "Masterdata" (= reports that return static data related to the account's entities), "DeviceStatus" (reports that return dynamic data which are constantly updated due to the generated business data/account activity) and "Operational" (reports that provide dynamic operational data from "enabled" devices).

For more details on each report template, check our MCL Knowledge Base for the corresponding article - "Reporting Service's Report Templates". (You must register/log in to access this article.)

 

Once you create the intended report (based on one of the available templates and with the parameters you have set), you can check it and/or export its data whenever you want.

You can create as many reports as necessary.

 

 

In the Admin Dashboard's "Control Panel", click and, in the resulting row, click to access the "Reports" page.

 

 

The "Reports" page displays all the reports created within the account. It also allows you to add reports. See Adding a Report.

 

Display Options

 

Use the following options to filter the list of reports:

 

• These buttons represent the available views for the reports:

 

List view (default "Reports" page view).

 

Grid view

 

Proceed as follows to define the intended view:

 

▪For a List View:

 

Click to have the reports organized into a list:

 

 

This view displays the following information:

 

 

You can use the navigation bar to sort the listed information:

 

 

▪Click this box to select all the displayed reports, at once.

 

▪If you mouse over the desired column header, you activate the sorting arrow to organize/select the listed items of the corresponding column:

by ascending order.

by descending order. by descending order.

 

▪For a Grid View:

 

Click to have the reports displayed as a grid:

 

 

This view provides the following information inside each box:

 

 

•Use the search box to look for a specific report.

 

I. Enter what you want to search for. You can search by name or description.

II. Click or press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard to initiate the search.

III. To conclude the search operation, empty the search box and click OR  press <ENTER> in your PC keyboard OR use the button to clear the entered search data and return to a full view.

 

Further Options/Information

 

The "Reports" page also provides the following options:

 

•Use this button to show/hide columns in the list view's navigation bar/grid view's boxes. Proceed as follows:

 

I. Click to access the list of available columns/fields.

 

 

II. Select the column(s)/field(s) to be shown/hidden by clicking the corresponding . The changes are applied, immediately.

 

III. Click to hide the list again.

 

•Use this button to export a list with the reports in view.

The reports list is exported with an Excel file format.

 

Since the export ONLY includes the currently displayed information, make sure the page contains the intended columns/fields before you begin the export. Click to open a list with the report's existing columns and make sure the required columns are selected. Once you are done checking the columns you need, click again to close the list.

 

•Click this button to refresh the page's information.

 

 

Available Operations

 

The selecting of a report or reports affects operation availability:

 

To add a new report, use . This button is ONLY available if there are NO reports selected. For more detailed information, see Adding a Report.

 

To duplicate a report, use the button. This option is ONLY available if you select one (1) report. For more detailed information, see Duplicating a Report.

 

To edit a report, click . This option is ONLY available after you have selected one (1) report. For more information, see Editing a Report.

 

To delete a report, use . This option is ONLY available after you have selected one (1) or more reports. For more detailed information, see Deleting a Report.

 

To share a report, click . This button is ONLY available if there are NO reports selected. For more detailed information, see Sharing a Report.

 

 

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