Accessing and Adding Reports

You can access reports in the Web Administrator by clicking on the reports button in the toolbar.  A list of reports is displayed.  To list a report:

Click on the Report button in the tool bar.

Click on the Select link adjacent to the report you want to generate.

You will be prompted to enter any parameters necessary to run the report.  Enter the parameter values.

Click on the Generate Report button.

The Report Viewer will display where the report is listed.

You can export the report to a variety of formats by selecting a format and clicking on the Export button.

Creating and Configuring New Reports

The Web Administrator gives you the capability to add reports to the Report List and have the ability to generate these reports.  You must be an experienced Crystal Reports developer and have access to either Visual Studio.NET or a Crystal Reports development product.  Also, OnLine ToolWorks Corporation provides consulting services and can customize reports for your environment.

Create the report using Visual Studio.NET or other Crystal Report development environment.  You can use one of the existing reports provided as a starting point.  These reports are located in the directory where the Web Administrator was installed in the Reports subdirectory.  Save the new report to the same Reports directory.

The reports listed on the Report List page are configured in the web.config file.  You can configure a new report by adding two lines to the web.config file in the <appSettings> section.  You will see other reports listed there.  To configure the report add the line:

<add key="ReportName<num>" value="<displayName>" />

where <num> is a sequential number.  Use the next number in the sequence by examining the web.config file.

<displayName> is any value you want to use to describe the report.

Add  the second line:

<add key="ReportFile<num>" value="<reportFile>" />

where <num> is the same value used in the first line.

reportFile is the name of there reports .rpt file.  This is the Crystal Reports report file.

You should now be able to list and generate the report in the Web Administrator.  You will be prompted to enter any parameters.