Customizing report designs

In Data Center Operation, you can select a variety of filter options for the standard built-in reports. This allows you to limit the available data to be included in the report, e.g. only data for a specific date range, or room.

You can redesign and customize the reports, including the filter parameters of the available data, and the available data itself, in a separate report design application, Data Center Operation: Insight. This requires basic Birt development skills.

If you want custom reports but do not wish to develop these yourself, contact your local sales representative or visit the Data Center Software website for information about purchasing custom reports.

1. Export one of the built-in standard report designs from Data Center Operation to use it as a template for the new custom report design.
   1. In File>Export, select Report Design.
   2. Select from the list of report designs and save the report design to a location on your computer or network with the extension .rptdesign.
      Skip the steps 2 through 4 if custom report designs have been created by someone else and made available to you.
2. Open the Data Center Operation server's download page in the web browser by specifying the URL of the Data Center Operation server.
3. Click Data Center Operation: Insight Download and follow the instructions to download and install Data Center Operation: Insight.
4. Launch Data Center Operation: Insight and follow the instructions in the New Report wizard to create a new report design.
   1. Type a name for the report with the extension .rptdesign.
   2. Select a report type to use as template for your design.
      These templates contain the same data as the default reports available in Data Center Operation. In addition, there is a blank report template for creating a new report without starting from predefined data.
5. Create the custom report design, save and publish to the Data Center Operation server to make the report design available for use in Data Center Operation.
   • For information about how to use Data Center Operation: Insight, refer to the built-in help system.
   • To make the report design available on the Data Center Operation server, select File > Publish to Data Center Operation server.
6. In Data Center Operation, import the custom report design.
   1. If it is not already open, select Analytics >Reports to switch to the report view.
   2. Select File>Import > Report Design.
   3. Select to save the custom report with a new name on the Data Center Operation server or overwrite an existing report, and click OK.
      The new report design has been saved to the Data Center Operation server and appears in the list of available reports in Data Center Operation.