Ad-Hoc Reporting: Report Type

Ad-Hoc Reporting: Report Type

Purpose

  1. This article will review selecting your Ad-Hoc Report Type within the Reports module. 

Information

  1. This page contains the different type of report types that can be generated in the reporting module.
The content and options you see in these tabs from this point forward will vary depending on whether you choose a tabular report or a summary report.

Understanding Report Types

  1. Tabular Reports:
    1. A tabular report returns all the rows in a dataset after the data and joins have been processed.
    2. Users can filter, sort, add criteria, and group the data in various ways.
    3. The focus is on displaying all individual rows contained within the dataset.
  1. Summary Reports:
    1. A summary report aggregates data based on one or more columns.
    2. Instead of displaying individual rows, it summarizes the data, offering an abstraction.
    3. For example, the report might group data by fire station and provide a count of incident reports for each station, without showing the underlying rows.

Key Differences



Choosing the Right Report Type

  1. Use a Tabular Report when you need detailed insights from individual records or require raw data for export or further analysis.
  2. Use a Summary Report when you need to analyze data trends and obtain aggregated metrics.

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