About preparing and using reports

Overview

This section provides you with a quick overview of the four general groups of tasks you will use to prepare and view a ContentReporter report. Tasks are catergorized into the following matrix. Each of these tasks are further explained in other sections of this guide.

Category	Tasks	User Interface Location	Step-by-Step
Preparing and processing a report
	Creating a report definition	Report definition properties windows	Creating a report definition
	Processing a report definition	Scheduler/Event properties window	Processing a report through the scheduling interface
	Running a report	Scheduler/Event window	About immediately processing (running) a report from the Scheduler/Event tab
	Running a report	Report definition window	About immediately processing (running) a report after you create a report definition
Using Reports
	Finding a report	Report Results window	Finding reports
	Viewing a report	Report Results window	Viewing the report
	Managing the report list	Report Results window	About managing the report list
	Deleting a report	Report Results window	Deleting a report definition
Modifying report components
	Modifying a Report Definition	Report Definition properties window	Modifying a report definition
	Modifying a Report Schedule	Scheduler/Event properties window	Modifying a report schedule
	Modifying a Report Query	Query Definitions Properties window	Modifying report queries
Customizing report information
	Filtering data in a report definition	Report Definition properties window, Filters tab	Filtering log file data with report filters
	Creating new table and graph queries	Query Definitions properties window	Customizing the tables and graphs that appear in reports
	Filtering data in a report query	Query Definitions properties window	Filtering report information with query filters
Controlling access to report components
	Setting access to Report definitions	Report Definition properties window, Security tab	Controlling access to report schedules