Report Definition

Important Note: The report filter operates similarly to, but independently of the filter in the  data section section.
Filters set in the report section will be applied at report run time.
Filters set in the data section will be ignored at report run time.

The Create Report page

Access	Through the Create tab in the report section.

The create report page has three functional area:

Report settings
Descriptive data selection
Time-series (Monthly) data selection

Report Settings Panel

Setting	Description	Comment
Date Range	Defines the range of dates for which data is included in the report	Uses the standard Ellserve date picker
Report Name	Unique Name to identify a defined report.	Can be left blank of definition will not be saved
Group by	Determines how the report groups output data	Account: Report will contain a line for each account active during the selected date range Category: Account time-series data will be aggregated to a selected account group level (e.g. business unit or GL code) ICP: Report will contain a line for each connection (ICP) active during the selected date range 'NOTE: with the account grouping a connection (ICP) may appear twice in the output if the connection switched account number during the reporting time frame 'NOTE: with the ICP grouping connections will only show the most recently associated account number
Render As	Determines what format the report will be outputted in.	CSV - Report will be downloaded as a CSV file which can be viewed in excel HTML - Report will open in a new tab onscreen as a HTML file
Report Settings	Defines the level of aggregation of time-series data.	Monthly, Quarterly, Annually

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The Report Values Area

When "Account" or "ICP" are selected in the Group By field, the two boxes to the right will be shown.

The Selected Values box displays the values which will be shown on the report and the Unselected Values box shows values which can be shown but currently will not be.

>> To move values between the two boxes highlight the value to be moved and then click on the left arrow to move it from Selected Values to Unselected Values or vice-versa.

When "Category" is selected in the Group By field, the Select Group box (shown to the left) will be shown instead of the two boxes above. This provides a drop down list of "categories" through which the data in the Report can be sorted by. For example if you were to select business unit then the aggregated data for each separate business unit would be shown in the Report.

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Account Data Values

The Account Data Values appear at the bottom of the page and are used to control what actual recorded data is displayed in a report.

>> To edit these fields click on the blue pencil to the left of the row you wish to edit. Three drop down boxes will appear (as is shown in the top row of the example). Select the values you want to be displayed in the Report, and then click the blue tick to confirm your selection.

The top row of the example will display "Energy Consumption Invoiced" when the tick is clicked and that data along with the "Energy Consumption Normalised" and "Energy Consumption Variance" data will be displayed in the Report.

>> Rows can be deleted by clicking the cross beside the row to be deleted.

Another blank row is automatically added when the current row being edited is confirmed.