Ad Hoc Reporting Dashboard

The Ad Hoc Reporting Dashboard allows users to view templates for BCR database searches and queries with customized parameters.

• To open the Ad Hoc Reporting Dashboard, click Ad Hoc Reporting Dashboard from the menu on the main BCR Dashboard page.

The Ad Hoc Reporting Dashboard provides a list of pre-defined system templates, any of which can be used as the starting point for the custom query. Alternatively, queries can be created from a new, blank template.

• To load a system template, click the Select link for the report. This will display the report as a grid. The report can be sorted by column in ascending or descending order by clicking the corresponding column header.

The data can be exported to different file formats, including Excel, comma-separated values (CSV), PDF, or Word.

To create a report template

1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Report Builder.
2. Select New Report or Open to clone an existing report.

   

3. For a New report, use one of the available "Wizards" or start from a "Blank Report".
4. Report Builder is a Microsoft Word type interface.Various text, chart, and table objects can be added to the report and then formatted.More comprehensive Help and Instruction can be found by clicking the question mark icon in the upper right corner.

   

5. To start, add a Data Source to the report by browsing to RegistryConnectionString in the DataSources folder.

   

6. Next, add a Dataset to the report by using the Query Designer.

   

7. Once a Data Set has been added, fields can be added to the report in many ways including simple drag and drop.

   

8. To Clone a report, select Open and the select Recent Sites and Servers.

   

9. Browse to the report you would like to Clone.
10. Select the report and then select the Open button.
11. Make any desired changes to the report and then select Save As.

    Note: Failure to choose Save As may result in the original report being overwritten