Queries and reports

IBM® Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities has mechanisms to produce various reports or queries. These mechanisms can be divided into two categories: internal and external.

There are two internal report generating mechanisms, each producing a different report:

• One internal mechanism produces a form report, which presents the contents of a single record. A form report might also include the contents of a record's multi-record smart sections or query sections.

  Internally generated form reports are a flexible way to format the contents of a record.

• The other internal report generating mechanism is the Report Manager, which generates tabular reports or graphs. Report Manager reports have the following three features:

  • Reports that are generated by the Report Manager can be included in forms that are part of a user interface. Reports that are generated primarily for use within a user interface are called queries. The inclusion of queries in a user interface is under the control of the Form Builder tool.
  • Reports that are generated by the Report Manager allow users to access the underlying records. When you click a piece of data in a report, an appropriate form pops up from which you can view or edit the contents of the source records.
  • If a report or query is configured to allow it, you can edit the values that you see in a report directly in the report. With this feature, you can edit the values in any number of records all at the same time.

Externally generated reports are produced with the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Advanced Reporting tool. This tool allows more flexibility in formatting reports that the internally generated reports.

For more information about reports, see Reporting in Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.