Finding Reports

You use the Reports module to find dynamic and static reports.

You can search the Reports list for a particular report or a group of reports. You use the Find pane to get a list of all available reports or to narrow your search by using the properties of the report. The resulting list contains all the reports that meet your search criteria. The list contains four columns—Name, Category, Created By, and Type—which correspond to the four report properties that have those names. You can sort the resulting list by Name, Category, Created By, and Type report properties.

When you search for reports, the Reports module returns all entries that match or begin with the search string you specified in the Find pane.

To view a list of all the available reports

To find a report based on its properties

To sort the Reports list

To view a list of all the available reports

  1. In Analysis, click Reports, and then click Find on the toolbar.
  2. In the Find By drop-down list, select All Reports, and then click Find Now.

A list of all the available reports appears on the Reports screen.

To find a report based on its properties

  1. In Analysis, click Reports, and then click Find on the toolbar.

  2. In the Find By drop-down list, do the following:

    Use this To do this
    Name Select to search for a report by its name.
    Category Search for a report by the category in which it is included.
    Created By Search for a report by the report author.
    Type Search for a report by its type, either dynamic or static.
    Any Information Search for a report by any combination of search criteria—Name, Category, Created By, and Type.
    All Reports Include all available reports.
  3. In the property value box that appears next, type or select from the list the specific value for the property or properties that you selected (Name, Category, CreatedBy, and Type).

    If you selected the Any Information option, text boxes appear for four properties: Name, Category, Created By, and Type.

  4. In the appropriate property value boxes, type or select specific values for one or more of the properties.

  5. Click Find Now.

A list of all the reports that match your search criteria appears on the Reports screen.

To sort the Reports list

  • In Analysis, click Reports, and then do the following:
    Use this To do this
    Name Click to sort by report name. By default, the Reports list is sorted in alphabetical order.
    Category Sort by report category.
    Created By Sort by who created the report.
    Type Sort by report type.

See Also

About Dynamic and Static Reports

Commerce Server 2002 Reports

Running Reports

Viewing Report Properties

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