Creating and saving reusable reports

Each project area that is set up for reporting is pre-populated with an available set of report resources and shared reports that are based on a BIRT or Engineering Document Generation, design file. You can use these resources and shared reports to create new reports that you can save and reuse.

About this task

Each application has available reports that you can run. You can modify these reports and save the modified copies or you can create new reports from report resources.
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Creating and saving cross-project reports with Report Builder

About this task

You can only create and save cross-project reports if Jazz Reporting Service has been installed.

Procedure

  1. Open a project in the web interface. Click the Reports menu.
  2. Depending on your application, choose one of the following:
    • In a Engineering Test Management project, select Using Jazz Reporting Service.
    • In a Engineering Workflow Management project, select Using Jazz Reporting Service.
  3. Create cross-project reports.

Creating and saving reusable BIRT or Engineering Document Generation, reports from a saved report in the web interface

About this task

You can create a new report from any report that is available in your project area. If an existing report almost meets your needs, but you want to tailor the output to show different data, you can edit the parameter values in the report and then save the new definition as a unique report. When you create a report from an existing report, you can only save it as a private report in your My Reports folder.

Because you are simply creating a copy of a report, you are inheriting the original report's dependency on the report resource that it is based on. As a result, any time that resource’s design is changed, the appearance of the original report and any of its copies, including your private copy, will change as well.

Procedure

To create a report from an existing report in the web client:

  1. In the main menu, click Reports and then click Shared Reports or My Reports.
  2. In the report list, run the report that you want to edit.
  3. In the report output, click the Click to Edit Parameters button.
  4. Specify the new values.
  5. Run the report.
  6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 until you are satisfied with the report output.
  7. Click Save As.
  8. In the Save As window, specify:
    1. Name
    2. Description
    3. Folder
  9. Click Submit.
    The new report output is displayed.

What to do next

After you save the new report, you can access it in the My Reports list, run the report, and modify the report. You can also access, run and modify the report in the My Reports folder in the Eclipse client.

Creating and saving reusable BIRT or Engineering Document Generation , reports from a report resource in the web interface

About this task

You can create reports from report resources that are available in your project area. These report resources have predefined parameters, which you might be able to run with little or no additional input. If you want to save a copy of a report resource to run from your My Reports view, you need to create a new report.

Procedure

To create a report from a report resource in the web client:

  1. In the main menu, click Reports > From resource.
  2. In the Resource list, select the report template to use.
  3. Enter a name and description of the report.
    The description helps you understand the purpose of the report, which is particularly important if it is shared and viewed by users who did not create it.
  4. Specify the destination folder.
    If you save it in the My Reports folder, the report is private and can only be viewed by you. If you save it in the Shared Reports folder or sub-folders, it can be viewed by members of the project or team area that the shared folder is associated with. You must have permission to save a shared report.
  5. Click Save.
    If the report does not require any additional values, it runs and you can view the result. If the report requires additional values to run, the report editor opens to allow you to finish creating the report. Supply any required values and click Run.